April 2025
Beginner
352 pages
8h 57m
English
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Introduction
Welcome to the second edition of ChatGPT For Dummies. You’ll find that this edition isn’t a simple update to the first edition, but rather a complete rewrite to better cover the new models, features, and capabilities that arose after the printing of the first edition.
At the time of ChatGPT’s initial release, it was easy to think of the chatbot as a one-off phenomenon or a hot new trend given its abrupt and sensational emergence on the public scene. But this technology was a harbinger of immense and permanent change. Whether it ultimately succeeds or fails, ChatGPT is changing how humans work, play, live, and interact with the world. It’s also paving the way for the advancement of generative AI (GenAI) tools as a permanent fixture and influencer in the human experience.
ChatGPT is evolving fast, making it difficult for anyone to understand and follow its rapid progression. This book is intended to help bring you up to speed on how it works and how to use it. Yes, ChatGPT will continue to advance after this book is published, but you’ll still have a working knowledge of the technology that you can build upon while continuing to learn as changes occur. Further, you’ll have skills that will help you adapt to and use other AI models — some inevitably far more advanced — as time marches on.
If you feel some unease about AI in general and ChatGPT in particular, know that your gut reaction is common and not entirely unwarranted. This technology will most certainly change ...
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