Most people will say full boycott. Honestly, I think I benefit from using AI chatbots.
I use it for feedback. For text that I produce, text messages that I exchange, metacognitive thinking and introspection.
I have bipolar, psychosis and I am on the autism spectrum. I have many cognitive biases. And I think I am way more self-aware since I am taking the feedback into account. The instant feedback helps me against my anxiety and overthinking. The risk is getting addicted to it. I use AI chatbots frequently but I am certainly not a heavy user. Sometimes the free models are fully enough. Sometimes I reach the end of the free plan and have to use worse models.
I think chatGPT is for my psyche the best chatbot. It is more sensitized to psychotic thoughts. And in the vast majority of the cases the feedback is very similar to the feedback that my closest friends give me that know me for years.
I know it is not good for my data protection. But I already crossed the rubicon. And where it was possible I deactivated to train the models with my data. This might be a lie from the companies. But currently the feedback really helps me to have a clearer mind.
My personal question is: should I make the next step and pay 8 bucks monthly for the chatGPT go plan. And my answer will be most likely are clear no. I benefit from the usage of chatGPT. More than from any other chatbot. But it still doesn't seem worth it. I have the feeling if I paid for it I had a higher trust into it. And I want to avoid that. Currently, I am aware I don't have access to the best models. I don't have external incentives to use chatGPT when it is not necessary. Though, if I had a flatrate I would want to get the maximum out of it.
I know it might be stupid to say this on the internet. I would be willing to pay for it if there was no free plan at all. I think though most people would simply stop using it in such a case.
I really like to get multiple perspectives. I don't want echo chambers. I am using chatGPT, gemini, grok, claude and perplexity. And I think all of them have different strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes the answers from grok are so bad that I suspect I get worse answer because I humiliated Elon Musk in chats with grok. Sometimes the feedback is just very weird. Gemini is horrible in (mental) health stuff it is a really extreme echo chamber. Claude is programmed to be more ethical. It doesn't want to drag you into a long conversation. But honestly claude is sometimes sort of rude to me. Sometimes I ask the same question with small changes like 4 times in a row. And claude really doesn't like that. I think the patience of chatGPT helps me to reach out though. Sometimes you need to tell a paranoid like 4 times the same answer until he starts to believe it.
I think chatbots shouldn't be used to write (long academic) texts. I think they suck in that. I used chatbots for college when I was very close to collapsing. I put a lot of effort into the texts and always got the third best mark (1,7 on a scale of 1,0-5,0). I think though this isn't actually the strength of AI chatbots. They should not be used as primary sources. I think though the feedback can be valuable if you maintain your own critical thinking. I would use them very differently now.
I use it for feedback. For text that I produce, text messages that I exchange, metacognitive thinking and introspection.
I have bipolar, psychosis and I am on the autism spectrum. I have many cognitive biases. And I think I am way more self-aware since I am taking the feedback into account. The instant feedback helps me against my anxiety and overthinking. The risk is getting addicted to it. I use AI chatbots frequently but I am certainly not a heavy user. Sometimes the free models are fully enough. Sometimes I reach the end of the free plan and have to use worse models.
I think chatGPT is for my psyche the best chatbot. It is more sensitized to psychotic thoughts. And in the vast majority of the cases the feedback is very similar to the feedback that my closest friends give me that know me for years.
I know it is not good for my data protection. But I already crossed the rubicon. And where it was possible I deactivated to train the models with my data. This might be a lie from the companies. But currently the feedback really helps me to have a clearer mind.
My personal question is: should I make the next step and pay 8 bucks monthly for the chatGPT go plan. And my answer will be most likely are clear no. I benefit from the usage of chatGPT. More than from any other chatbot. But it still doesn't seem worth it. I have the feeling if I paid for it I had a higher trust into it. And I want to avoid that. Currently, I am aware I don't have access to the best models. I don't have external incentives to use chatGPT when it is not necessary. Though, if I had a flatrate I would want to get the maximum out of it.
I know it might be stupid to say this on the internet. I would be willing to pay for it if there was no free plan at all. I think though most people would simply stop using it in such a case.
I really like to get multiple perspectives. I don't want echo chambers. I am using chatGPT, gemini, grok, claude and perplexity. And I think all of them have different strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes the answers from grok are so bad that I suspect I get worse answer because I humiliated Elon Musk in chats with grok. Sometimes the feedback is just very weird. Gemini is horrible in (mental) health stuff it is a really extreme echo chamber. Claude is programmed to be more ethical. It doesn't want to drag you into a long conversation. But honestly claude is sometimes sort of rude to me. Sometimes I ask the same question with small changes like 4 times in a row. And claude really doesn't like that. I think the patience of chatGPT helps me to reach out though. Sometimes you need to tell a paranoid like 4 times the same answer until he starts to believe it.
I think chatbots shouldn't be used to write (long academic) texts. I think they suck in that. I used chatbots for college when I was very close to collapsing. I put a lot of effort into the texts and always got the third best mark (1,7 on a scale of 1,0-5,0). I think though this isn't actually the strength of AI chatbots. They should not be used as primary sources. I think though the feedback can be valuable if you maintain your own critical thinking. I would use them very differently now.
