Francois CholletDec 19, 2022
Essay writing is about clarity of thought. You achieve clarity of thought by using fewer words, not by generating more.
Show threadFabio Ribeiro Dec 19, 2022
@fchollet agreed although sometimes it helps kickstart the process by generating *something* we can start iteratively improving upon
Show threadFrancois Chollet
@Fabio IMO you'd get better results for this use case by googling your keywords and reading random paragraphs from the first few articles that show up
Dec 19, 2022 at 9:25amWeb
Show threadFabio Ribeiro Dec 19, 2022
@fchollet when it works well, ChatGPT is a way to avoid having to read those initial random paragraphs you speak of and amalgamate them into coherent text ourselves
Show threadCarlos BaqueroDec 19, 2022
@Fabio @fchollet it can work well if you just read the outputs for additional inspiration when planning what to write. Some sources when planning to write: Books and papers; testing idea on conversations with colleagues; googling related work; prompting LLM/GPT for extra talking points.