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@falcennial @_tillwe_ unfortunately I have to if I don’t find the information in our universities shitty intranet platform. Sometimes the stupid chatbot is the only help I‘ve got to get a hint where to look for the required information. More often than not its answers are wrong, but at least it gives me a starting point for further exploration.
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@falcennial I have a local setup and use that exclusively. Good for learning Chinese and physics
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"Chat" vs. make a search request?
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I agree with some comments about defining the question, but that's the usual problem with a poll. If you tried to define it thoroughly, the question would be too long (and still not cover all possibilities).It's interesting that some responders define "chat" as voice only. Chat was always any medium, and "chatroom" was a popular term for online discussion groups. Perhaps some commenters are too young to remember. I feel old now.

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I never got into shooting-type computer games, but now I realise that's what I do when a bot-thingy appears. Zap! Zap! -
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@falcennial as evidenced by the comments, chat is a loaded word for many use cases. In common with an awful lot of IT pros I know who are also anti Gen AI and big tech, I use it for work often, near daily, but not to chat to, but as a replacement for Google / SO searches, precisely because Google and this AI bubble have ruined the ability to search for answers for IT problems now sadly.
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@falcennial note: I only use locally run models.
@rwwh sounds interesting and clever. I'll keep an eye out to learn from your experiences doing that if you share them.
thanks heaps for participating, and for sharing this context which I suppose we should all add to our repertoire for understanding the data we're putting together in our poll.
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@falcennial I wish I could put none at all, but Claude is ubiquitous at work. I've limited it to one condition. If I'm pretty sure the person I'm going to ask will ask Claude and paste me the response, as frequently happened, I cut out the middle man. It's damn depressing though.
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I'm using it ... To keep my job ,,:(
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@falcennial As many people said: This question is badly worded!
"chat" as in having a casual conversation: Never
"chat" as in using it as a tool for work: Several times per month
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@falcennial I use it at work.
Yes, "tokens spent" is current KPI, why do you ask?
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@falcennial As many people said: This question is badly worded!
"chat" as in having a casual conversation: Never
"chat" as in using it as a tool for work: Several times per month
Same. I think a lot of people who answer "not at all" consider it a tool and use it accordingly. I don't chat with Excel, I give it instructions. Same with LLMs. But I use them sparingly.
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@falcennial I voted a few times a month - however it is closer to a few times a year, but if you count Google or Bing searches, that's several times a day. I'm trying other search engines but they are not as good. Any suggestion is welcome
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@falcennial thanks for doing this.
It’s very hard to phrase a poll like this so that there is no ambiguity.
I suggest to people asking “what do you mean” or “does chat mean…X” to just vote with what feels closest.
Fwiw, I feel the poll is quite a lot about a general disposition, more than it is about precision
@urlyman what a compliment! Jonathan, you've made my day.
I agree with your advice. when polling stuff my rules for my conduct are:
1. it's a learning exercise, not a judgement exercise. judgement precludes honesty, so no judging in the thread.
2. trust is essential. trust others to be honest, generous, fair, curious, open, and cool.
3. we each define things our own way. the only way they get used is for us each to use them.
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@falcennial multiple times a week, only for coding related questions when I don't find anything useful after using search engines.
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@urlyman what a compliment! Jonathan, you've made my day.
I agree with your advice. when polling stuff my rules for my conduct are:
1. it's a learning exercise, not a judgement exercise. judgement precludes honesty, so no judging in the thread.
2. trust is essential. trust others to be honest, generous, fair, curious, open, and cool.
3. we each define things our own way. the only way they get used is for us each to use them.
4. people who boost polls are lovers of learning, and I adore them! 🤌@urlyman woops, how could I forget: all credit for this reprisal (and all future ones in this vein) goes to @jesuisatire whose idea it was to track behaviour over time by doing it every 3 months.
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@falcennial Never on purpose, but I'm sure the damn thing is pretending to be a person answering corporate emails a few times a week on average
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@falcennial
I agree with some comments about defining the question, but that's the usual problem with a poll. If you tried to define it thoroughly, the question would be too long (and still not cover all possibilities).It's interesting that some responders define "chat" as voice only. Chat was always any medium, and "chatroom" was a popular term for online discussion groups. Perhaps some commenters are too young to remember. I feel old now.

@sunflowerinrain nothin old about it! the streamers and so forth even address each other as 'chat' meaning the group chat where people type their chatter to the group.
I'm sweeping this one under the "some people have narrow definitions of stuff" rug and leaving it there!
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@falcennial Never on purpose, but I'm sure the damn thing is pretending to be a person answering corporate emails a few times a week on average
@faduda call that the Turing Patience Test