This quick guide will show you how to use ChatGPT, step-by-step, if you’re a beginner.
By now, you would have heard about ChatGPT from the Internet or the folks around you.
You may have heard folks singing praises of it. Your curiosity is piqued. You want to learn more about it with the viewing to trying it out yourself.
If that is so, you’ve come to the right place.
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What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT stands for Chat generative pre-trained transformer (GPT).
A transformer is a kind of AI deep learning tool. Google first introduced it in 2007 through a research paper.
Its architecture has evolved over the years.
Within a short span of 5 years, it has seen the birth of model variations like ChatGPT.
ChatGPT is a chatbot. It’s a natural language processing tool powered by AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology.
You can talk to the chatbot and get responses from it. In other words, you can conduct human-like conversations with it.
In short, ChatGPT is conversational AI.
What Can You Use ChatGPT for?
Just as a human would respond to a query, ChatGPT answers most questions you put to it effectively.
It gives you text answers to help you with content-based tasks.
You can ask it to compose an email, a YouTube video script and a blog post, among others.
You can use it to assist you with academic tasks like researching papers and writing essays.
You can use it for technical purposes like writing computer code, as well.
ChatGPT History
ChatGPT was introduced on November 30, 2022, by OpenAI, a non-profit AI and research company. It is dedicated to developing safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence.
A transformer is a type of AI deep learning model that was first introduced by Google in a research paper in 2017. Five years later, transformer architecture has evolved to create powerful models such as ChatGPT.
The company is also responsible for the creation of two other popular tools – DALL-E-2 and Whisper.
DALL-E-2 is a well-known AI art generation tool. Whisper is an impressive AI speech recognition tool.
Open AI released a statement saying ChatGPT attracted a million users just five days after its launch.
That said, read on to learn how to use ChatGPT.
How Do You Access ChatGPT?
You can access ChatGPT via OpenAI’s subdomain chat.openai.com.
To start using it, you must be a registered user. Access is also available through OpenAI’s old URL – chat.openai.com/chat, which redirects to chat.openai.com.
It makes it easier for people to remember the chatbot’s URL.
Supported Countries
ChatGPT isn’t available to users worldwide. Most countries are supported except China and Egypt, North Korea, Iran, Russia and even Ukraine. These countries are known to censor the Internet heavily.
Here’s a list of supported countries.
How to Use ChatGPT : Open an Account
To get started with ChatGPT, you would need to open an account on the login page.
Sign-up is a pretty simple process. You may sign up using your email address or via your Google or Microsoft account.
You may proceed to quickly create a Google account if you don’t already have one.
You would need to verify your email address.
You would need to provide a functional mobile telephone number to verify your account.
A 6-digit code will be sent to your phone. You’ll be requested to enter it, to proceed with creating an account.
How to Use ChatGPT After Login
After you’ve successfully created an account, you can head to the ChatGPT login page to access the AI tool.
If you’ve signed up with Google, just choose the appropriate account.
ChatGPT Dashboard
Once you’re on the ChatGPT dashboard, you can start talking to the AI tool to get responses.
Here’s how to use ChatGPT at this stage.
Enter your query in the Send a message box at the bottom of the Interface.
You may look at the examples provided for guidance.
Create a New Chat
It’s advisable to limit a chat to a single main topic. For example, you can create a chat for affiliate marketing.
However, if you want to talk with ChatGPT on the topic of ‘make money with YouTube’, you can create a new chat for easy reference later.
You can easily create a new chat by clicking on + New chat on the left panel.
A new Send a message box opens up. You can now start entering your query.
Type in your query, and you’re ready to go.
Those are the steps on how to use ChatGPT if you’re a beginner. Do give them a try.
Is ChatGPT Reliable?
If you’ve tried ChatGPT, you would have been impressed by its versatility. The program allows you to do more in less time.
But then, is it reliable? Can you rely on the content it generates? The answer is yes and no.
Although ChatGPT has been made to learn a massive amount of text and code, its output isn’t always reliable.
The content it generates may not be factually correct or up-to-date.
There have been cases of ChatGPT generating text that’s factually incorrect, misleading, deceptive, or, at times, offensive.
ChatGPT’s information is, by its own admission, updated until 2021. So, if you’re looking for the latest developments on a subject, ChatGPT may not be the best fit for you.
So, even if ChatGPT seems to produce quality, reliable information, you should always verify its content against a reliable, authoritative source.
How to Reliably Use ChatGPT
As you’re now aware of ChatGPT’s limitations, here are some tips on how to get the best out of the AI chatbot.
- Limit its use for creative tasks: You can use ChatGPT freely for creative tasks like writing stories, poems and screenplays. In other words, for fictional content.
- Crosscheck information: Always crosscheck ChatGPT’s content with authoritative sources for factual accuracy.
- Understand ChatGPT’s limitations: While you may totally rely on ChatGPT for generic tasks, you shouldn’t use it as a replacement for human input.
