Week 6 - BALT 4364 - CH 6

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I am glad that this chapter included the Q/A with ChatGPT at the end of it. Sometimes when you are looking at code it becomes overwhelming and hard to take in what is actually happening. The real-world scenario also helped me connect some dots, as I can see how useful reliable predictions are in business. In this example, the tool was being used to predict home values. This tool would be useful for everyone involved in the transaction. ChatGPT was being used to describe the tool, and it even provided ways to allow people to access the tool. 

My takeaway from the chapter is to always be looking for problems. Problems are easy to find whether it is in daily life, or the business you work at/own. Once you identify these problems, AI can walk you through solving them. If you and the AI are able to solve your own issue and it was relatively simple, you might even take it a step further and create/post the solution for other people to use. A lot of our problems are shared; the chances are if I do not like how something works neither does my coworker or someone at a similar business. Once we start thinking like that, it opens up a bunch of possibilities. Problem solvers are always in demand, and it has never been easier to be a problem solver with the technology we have at our fingertips. 


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