Today one of my managers asked ChatGPT to draft a template rent demand letter to tenants. Yes it took 10 seconds, well a bit longer as he didn't like the first draft as it patted the tenant on the back of being a great tenant then asked for money!

The second version was fine, not brilliant, didn't talk about the consequences of not paying and if it became a template would remain mediocre and probably wouldn't help getting the rent paid.

My manager was delighted because it was produced in a millisecond and he didn't have to think about what to write. And that is the crux of it ... The thinking that we want AI to do will be lost as a skill for humans. Instead we will continuously edit ChatGPT productions and eventually will lose original thought based on education, experience and skills and then we will all have to rely on ChatGPT mediocracy. (The good news is we won't know it's mediocre as we all will have been dummed down as we marvel at the speed of GPT producing reports, information etc)

I bet if I asked ChatGPT to summarise the downside of using ChatGPT it wouldn't come up with this blog. Go on, waste some time and try it!