If you know what the internet is and how to navigate it, my next guest needs no introduction – ChatGPT. She’s like Google; but only if Google snorted 500 mg of Adderall every few hours or so. We all know her, and most of us love her. She gets things done and even gets people in all sorts of trouble, such as writing emails for people in higher education – side-eye.
My writer’s block was heavy for the past few weeks and I was out of article ideas. So like any other person would, I knocked on ChatGPT’s door. I really was only seeking article suggestions, but I was also curious if the system was capable of writing a whole article. Now, I genuinely didn’t think this would work. In all honesty, I thought the system would tell me something across the lines of, “Hey girl, I’m just an AI language model so just figure it out.” Well, I stand corrected. I asked ChatGPT, “Write an article for Her Campus.” and she did just that. The gasp I let out shook the basement floor of Vanderbilt’s Central Library, so much so that this girl to my left would not stop staring at me.
Not only did ChatGPT write one article for Her Campus, she wrote three. I asked her three separate times, and she served me three generous portions of juicy college advice. She began with, “How to Stay Motivated During the School Year”, and it followed with five helpful tips and guidelines. ChatGPT gave it her all – perfect titling, an introduction, and a satisfactory closing conclusion. This was followed by the second article I requested from ChatGPT, and she offered me “5 Self-Care Practices for College Students”. This time, she numbered each recommendation followed by a brief paragraph. I think by the second request, ChatGPT got the gist of being a Her Campus chapter writer.
She closed my third article request with “The Importance of Networking in College.” Okay, so she’s basically on her way to surpassing five-hundred-plus connections on LinkedIn at this point. With eight assorted tips and tricks from the woman of the hour, she was a bit of a “Chat-ty” Cathy with this one. She blabbed about attending networking events and utilizing LinkedIn to one’s advantage – you know, the basics.
But, I’ll still give it to my girl, ChatGPT, for pulling through. She came, she saw, and she conquered the task at hand. Now, what’s the moral of the story? The moral of the story is, ChatGPT deserves her own section on Vanderbilt’s “Meet the Team” masthead.