Opinions on ChatGPT as a product and it’s usefulness for financial information

I have been playing around with ChatGPT and I truly think it is revolutionary. I can ask it any question and it articulates an answer that is readable and provides good information. For example, I asked it what the outlook for Google for the next five years is looking like given the current economic conditions and it said this : “Google is well-positioned to weather the current economic situation. It is a successful, established business that is constantly innovating and adapting its services while keeping a significant share of the online advertising market. Over the next five years, Google is likely to continue to grow and dominate the online advertising arena, as well as expanding into other markets such as cloud storage, streaming services and artificial intelligence. Additionally, the reach of Google's parent company Alphabet will continue to expand and make use of the data it collects on its users for more targeted marketing and increased efficiency. Google may face some challenges as competition increases over the next five years, but its reputation, resources, and financial stability position them to continue to thrive.”

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I can ask it any question and it articulates an answer that is readable and provides good information

The problem is that it only accomplishes the readable part. It often gets basic facts wrong (a popular example is how it says a peregrine falcon is the fastest marine mammal), and you have no way to fact check whatever it spits out. I've also found that while it does a good job synthesizing existing things people have written (ignoring the fact issue), it does a bad job with creating compelling arguments

I think AI tools like ChatGPT can be helpful in quickly getting to ~80% done versions of busywork type stuff (e.g. imagine if you could feed it data and write summaries replicating a given format), but it does not yet produce credible answers

 
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ChatGPT has the ability to mix facts, dates, amounts.

it is great but not to be fully trusted.

Exactly, that's why I never understood how some people claimed that it will "substitute" google after a few years?! All it can do is merely synthesize an answer based on whatever info it can leech out of google's SERPs for the chosen query. So, it can save you time if you're doing copy writing or similarly menial tasks - anything that isn't factually-written content, basically...

 
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Al€x

ChatGPT has the ability to mix facts, dates, amounts.

it is great but not to be fully trusted.

Exactly, that's why I never understood how some people claimed that it will "substitute" google after a few years?! All it can do is merely synthesize an answer based on whatever info it can leech out of google's SERPs for the chosen query. So, it can save you time if you're doing copy writing or similarly menial tasks - anything that isn't factually-written content, basically...

Thing is, LLMs are language models… they can speak. They are not logic models or knowledge models. And in reality when I use it, I end up having to edit so much that I’m not sure it actually saves time. It certainly gives the impression that it saves time. For certain menial things it definitely saves time and gets creative, but not yet appropriate for industries that need accuracy. 

 
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You guys are just bad at prompting. You sound like the type of guys to type full sentences into Google when you're looking for something.

 

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