Why I don't trust ChatGPT with my wallet
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Why should we be cautious about ChatGPT making purchases?
Yesterday, OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT, decided to back away from ambitious plans to convince us all to book our flights, hotels, rental cars, and in fact, make virtually all of our purchases directly through the AI. But now they have another plan. It's even worse. In ChatGPT's latest idea, you'll still buy literally everything through it, but the AI will then push all your purchases into third-party apps. Here's the problem. Since its latest update, ChatGPT is horrible. Instead of factual answers, it's more likely to shoot from the hip, to throw out a quick answer. Some are right, many wrong. Confront it, and it's going to apologize and find the correct answer. But since I can't trust it with simple questions, why would I, or anyone else, trust it to shop and find the best deal for me?
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What are the recent updates about ChatGPT's performance?
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How does ChatGPT's accuracy affect consumer trust?
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What alternatives exist for safe online shopping?
Well, I was about to do this for selfish reasons. So a lot of times here on the Marc Aram show, there'll be a story that I want to cover. There was one a couple months ago, actually it was probably a year ago now, out of Tampa Bay. And I wanted to get access to the news article on the Tampa Bay Journal or whatever website. And you got to sign up and I sign up. And so I get access to the article for 24 hours or whatever. And then they keep sending me emails every morning saying, hey, this is the big news in Tampa Bay. I really don't care anymore. I just wanted it for that one story. So selfish. And I hit unsubscribe, and it's happened with a bunch of newspapers in Dayton and in Miami. And the unsubscribe button, it's a placebo.
It never works. Well, you know, it's kind of like a hope and a prayer. You know, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But normally when you are at a legitimate organization, say a news organization like you mentioned, is that when you click unsubscribe, that it really should unsubscribe you. The thing that you want to be careful of is that you don't unsubscribe from spam because when you get a spam message and you hit unsubscribe is that what it does is it says, hey, here's a live human being. Oh, my gosh. They they actually clicked. And so you will be put into another list and then your your email address will be sold over and over and over and over again. But, you know, Gmail and Apple Mail and Outlook, if you can't unsubscribe by using their actual unsubscribe option, is that those mail programs, they actually show one near the top of the message right under the sender's name.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why should we be cautious about ChatGPT making purchases?
0:00–1:04
2
What are the recent updates about ChatGPT's performance?
1:04–1:37
3
How does ChatGPT's accuracy affect consumer trust?
1:37–2:21
4
What alternatives exist for safe online shopping?
2:21–4:26
5
How can AI enhance our experience before a doctor's appointment?
4:26–8:55
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What strategies can we use to prepare for medical consultations?
8:55–10:40