Ryan Kirby, Simatree’s Senior Technology Manager, Application Architecture, has developed a series of Insights to demystify various aspects of artificial intelligence. Read more of Simatree’s Insights on AI here.
Artificial intelligence (AI) may already be integrating nicely into your life and work, but if not, here are 10 examples of how AI chatbots can be helpful to you. Consider using them for simple fact look-ups to planning assistants to otherwise being the “magic pill” for writers block; AI Chatbots (like ChatGPT or Microsoft CoPilot) offer a diverse range of applications and features that go beyond the obvious. Whether you are looking to streamline your workflow, spark creativity, or get personalized recommendations, these innovative uses will showcase how AI can become an invaluable tool in various aspects of your life.
Text Completion
Prompt: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy…”
LLM translates:

Question Answering
Prompt: “What is the capital of France?”
LLM answers:

Translation
Prompt: “Translate the following sentence to Spanish: ‘Hello, how are you?'”
LLM translates:

Summarization
Prompt: “Summarize the content of this webpage into 5 bullets: https://simatree1.com/insights/articles/dashboards-are-dead/”
LLM answers:

Creative Writing
Prompt: “Using no more than 150 words, write a short story about a magical forest, with a friendly dragon as a character.”
LLM generates a creative fiction story:

Code Generation
Prompt: “Write a Python function to reverse a string.”
LLM provides the code:

Math Problem Solving
Prompt: “What is 37 multiplied by 92?”
LLM shows its work:

Sentiment Analysis
Prompt: “Determine if this review is positive or negative: ‘The food was amazing but the service was poor.'”
LLM analyzes:

Planning
Prompt: “Act as a professional planner. I need help planning a birthday party for my 5-year-old daughter. Create a list of everything that needs to be accomplished for this to be successful. Here are some details: It will be at our house with around 14-16 kids. The date is July 19 from 2-5pm.”
LLM responds with a full plan.
(Please note: You will need to be signed into your ChatGPT account to view the plan.)
Simplifying Word Problems
Prompt: “Jane is faster than Joe. Joe is faster than Sam. Is Sam faster than Jane? Explain.”
LLM responds with the following answer:

The list is growing monthly. As newer versions of language models are being released by the various AI giants like OpenAI and Microsoft, more applications and features are being added to your personal AI collection. While you always need to be mindful of AI hallucinations, these too are improving with every version release.
What’s your favorite AI productivity enhancer?
All LLM responses were generated and copied from OpenAI’s ChatGPT GPT-4o on June 6, 2024.