I think it's the difference between working with ChatGPT versus playing with ChatGPT. The article only describes the “work” use-case: you're trying to use it to get stuff done, so your constraints are fixed going in. But I think the feature targets the “play” use-case of people who just want to idly explore what it can do and how it responds to various inputs. There are no pre-existing constraints.
That said, I still agree with the author that it's useless. The autocompletion suggestions are simplistic, banal, and offer no real variety, so their potential for exploration is rapidly exhausted.
It's not "useless". The usefulness of the autocomplete options is not on whether or not you click them, it's about education. Most laypeople have no idea what LLMs can do... this feature delicately and non-intrusively shows you what is possible with the product.
This is a huge issue with people using novel interfaces -- the "blank page" problem -- users simply don't know what to do with the empty box. Which is why with AI tools, the most common inputs are generic search terms especially with first time users.
But if I start typing "Led Zepp" into the box, and I see an autocomplete for... "Led Zeppelin if it was techno" or "Led Zeppelin style music with djembe beats" now I have a clue as to what kinds of things I can put here, even if I don't care about those specific things.
users simply don't know what to do with the empty box. Which is why with AI tools, the most common inputs are generic search terms especially with first time users.
ChatGPT is available for free - you can find out for yourself!
It won't generate music for you (yet). Depending on your phrasing and how outlandish the request is, it might give you suggestions of actual bands to go check out or it may just describe the characteristics of what that would sound like.
When I asked "Led Zeppelin style music with djembe beats", it gave me a high level description of the guitar/drums/vocal sound + some Led Zeppelin songs that may adapt well to the fusion.
They experimented with music back in 2020 [0]. I suppose they didn't continue because the risk (work, training, possibly getting sued) is greater than the reward (splitting the market with Suno).
ChatGPT is available for free - you can find out for yourself!
ChatGPT changes a lot. Somebody reading this comment thread in a year or five might well be interested in the answer but can't test it for themselves anymore.
I think it's the difference between working with ChatGPT versus playing with ChatGPT.
I think I get what you mean and I agree, kind of. However, even my "playful" mode is a lot more specific - I used to use ChatGPT a lot just for fun, but I still wanted to ask a somewhat specific question. I will give you an example:
"Can you recommend a realistic movie that takes place in the Middle Ages? I don't mean movies where characters played by actors with whitened teeth act the way modern people act - I was hoping for something well-researched and realistically portrayed."
ChatGPT autocomplete suggestions could be useful if your playful mode is so open that you do not care whether you want to know "What is fascism" or "What is an interesting fact about space?"
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I think it's the difference between working with ChatGPT versus playing with ChatGPT. The article only describes the “work” use-case: you're trying to use it to get stuff done, so your constraints are fixed going in. But I think the feature targets the “play” use-case of people who just want to idly explore what it can do and how it responds to various inputs. There are no pre-existing constraints.
That said, I still agree with the author that it's useless. The autocompletion suggestions are simplistic, banal, and offer no real variety, so their potential for exploration is rapidly exhausted.
It's not "useless". The usefulness of the autocomplete options is not on whether or not you click them, it's about education. Most laypeople have no idea what LLMs can do... this feature delicately and non-intrusively shows you what is possible with the product.
This is a huge issue with people using novel interfaces -- the "blank page" problem -- users simply don't know what to do with the empty box. Which is why with AI tools, the most common inputs are generic search terms especially with first time users.
But if I start typing "Led Zepp" into the box, and I see an autocomplete for... "Led Zeppelin if it was techno" or "Led Zeppelin style music with djembe beats" now I have a clue as to what kinds of things I can put here, even if I don't care about those specific things.
I use it like that a lot, what's wrong with that?
Can ChatGPT generate music now? What happens if you actually execute those?
ChatGPT is available for free - you can find out for yourself!
It won't generate music for you (yet). Depending on your phrasing and how outlandish the request is, it might give you suggestions of actual bands to go check out or it may just describe the characteristics of what that would sound like.
When I asked "Led Zeppelin style music with djembe beats", it gave me a high level description of the guitar/drums/vocal sound + some Led Zeppelin songs that may adapt well to the fusion.
They experimented with music back in 2020 [0]. I suppose they didn't continue because the risk (work, training, possibly getting sued) is greater than the reward (splitting the market with Suno).
[0] https://openai.com/index/jukebox/
ChatGPT changes a lot. Somebody reading this comment thread in a year or five might well be interested in the answer but can't test it for themselves anymore.
I think I get what you mean and I agree, kind of. However, even my "playful" mode is a lot more specific - I used to use ChatGPT a lot just for fun, but I still wanted to ask a somewhat specific question. I will give you an example:
"Can you recommend a realistic movie that takes place in the Middle Ages? I don't mean movies where characters played by actors with whitened teeth act the way modern people act - I was hoping for something well-researched and realistically portrayed."
ChatGPT autocomplete suggestions could be useful if your playful mode is so open that you do not care whether you want to know "What is fascism" or "What is an interesting fact about space?"