7 real-world ChatGPT uses and prompts I learned directly from OpenAI that blew my mind
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I’ve been knee-deep in these AI waters and have gotten comfortable with using ChatGPT for all manner of activities that fit my lifestyle and schedule.
Using it as a recommendation engine to find new media to enjoy, finding fun local spots worth exploring on my own & with friends, setting up productivity routines that I can actually put into practice, etc., are just some of the best life applications I’ve taken from ChatGPT. Yesterday, I attended an event called “ChatGPT for Everyday,” which was set up as a valuable reminder of just how convenient OpenAI’s chatbot can be.
After hearing from ChatGPT users about the practical methods they use to improve their lives and reading a guidebook full of 300 ways people are using the chatbot, I left the event with more ideas on how to use it for myself and what my friends & loved ones should do with it themselves.
I hope the following best-use cases for ChatGPT and the best prompts that go with them empower you to try OpenAI’s chatbot for the first time and give it another chance if you were scared off by your initial AI experience.
I’m halfway decent in the kitchen — I have a few recipes in the tuck I can always go back to and have even found a few new ones thanks to my time spent with ChatGPT. At the ChatGPT for Everyday event, I overheard a chef talking about using ChatGPT’s Voice feature as a virtual assistant chef that can aid you while you cook. Asking for step-by-step instructions, requesting proper cooking times for certain dishes or asking how to fix a cooking error you might have made stood out as some things I should try next whenever I go into amateur chef mode again.
These are three other great use cases for ChatGPT that are perfectly applicable to numerous food preparation and cooking needs:
ChatGPT has become a boon for folks who want to travel the world and find the best routes toward embarking on their dream vacations. Researching a place before you’re planning on going to, figuring out the logistics behind that trip, building an itinerary, preparing for your departure and even starting up beginner lessons to learn a foreign language can be done with ChatGPT’s help. The following prompts are extremely useful for anyone who wants to get the most out of ChatGPT’s travel and exploration expertise:
I’ve used ChatGPT a few times to build beginner workouts that I can squeeze into my busy work schedule. While at OpenAI’s event, I also got a primer on how its chatbot can be used to find the best methods to train safely, improve your nutrition, take care of your skin & overall appearance and more. This next group of prompts highlights just some of the ways ChatGPT can lead you down the right path to healthier habits and anything else that matters to keeping you fit:
While I’m still iffy about uploading my bank statements to ChatGPT, it still works well as a financial assistant that can help you make sense of your finances and figure out what to do next.
Finding the best ways to get control of your money, cut costs wherever possible, save up for major goals, navigate big-time financial decisions and prepare for negotiations that will impact your finances are the main things ChatGPT can help with when it comes to your money inquiries. The next set of prompts is worth trying out if you want to see how good ChatGPT can be when it comes to fixing your finances:
Parenting brings a lot of complexities with it that I’m sure first-time parents could use a hand navigating. While perusing the ChatGPT guidebook, I read up on how OpenAI’s chatbot can help parents discover the best ways to get through those difficult times that come with the famed baby years, helping your family operation go a bit more smoothly, finding unique ways to have fun with your young ones and so much more.
The next set of prompts should go a long way toward helping parents create a morning routine for their children, discover screen-free activities and identify the stressful parts of their life as a parent that need to change:
Using ChatGPT to help you around the house and tend to your garden is another way OpenAI’s chatbot can prove useful. I got a quick overview of how it can help users get a better visualization of the design they’re looking to implement in their home, get tips on how to manage their garden and generally keep their house in order.
Uploading photos of what you’re working with goes hand in hand with the next collection of prompts that cater to doing work on your home and garden:
Using ChatGPT to expand your knowledge across various topics you’re interested in is another one of the best practices to employ during your sessions with OpenAI’s chatbot. Using ChatGPT to answer your questions, solve simple & complex problems and get help doing things you’ve never tried before is worth trying out.
Even asking it to explain complicated concepts like you’re a child can work wonders for first-time learners. The final collection of prompts I’m including here fits right into that category of utilizing ChatGPT as an effective way to learn something new:
Last year, coming into this year, I got more acquainted with chatbots and all the ways they can assist me during my everyday activities and find easier ways to approach some of my work duties.
Attending the ChatGPT for Everyday event expanded my knowledge of so many basic needs OpenAI’s chatbot can help anyone out with and the next examples of prompts that work like a charm. I’ll be sure to apply some of them to my lifestyle and hopefully emerge as a better cook, more world-traveled and healthier in the process.