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In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers sits down with Ryan Deeds of Ennabl to discuss the benefits of ChatGPT, as well as how important it is to understand the limits of this kind of technology.

Episode Highlights:

  • Ryan mentions having spent 100-150 hours with ChatGPT, in both programming and utilization. (3:07)
  • David believes that the hype about ChatGPT is similar to that of the early days of the internet. (4:33)
  • Ryan discusses that people may generate content using ChatGPT, but that this is a secondary or tertiary utilization of the tool for him. (6:28)
  • Ryan explains that ChatGPT is an unlimited source of learning as long as you understand the limitations and are verifying and validating information. (10:41)
  • Ryan shares that from the API documentation, after ChatGPT is set to a certain degree of creative sensitivity, it doesn’t even realize it’s telling you a lie. (13:50)
  • Ryan encourages individuals to be educated enough to make decisions on where the ChatGPT fits into their lives. (16:52)
  • Ryan discusses the key components of ChatGPT and why producers should use it as much as they can. (18:31)
  • Ryan mentions that he fears that someday, ChatGPT will have a paywall or be privatized and he never wants to not have access to this technology. (20:32)

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “I don’t think that if you are using content marketing to build your personal brand, that anybody or anything other than you should be writing that content and pushing it out.” – David Carothers 
  • “Tools are just those, the better you understand it, the better you understand its limitations, the better you can see where it fits into your life.” – Ryan Deeds
  • “I’m working with a couple of the large agencies, CEOs, and they are on fire about this from helping validating producers be better faster, to helping their account managers understand all kinds of information all over the place.” Ryan Deeds

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