ChatGPT Curious
ChatGPT Curious
Ep. 4: Overhyped or Underestimated: Is ChatGPT Coming for Your Job?
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So… is ChatGPT actually coming for your job? In this episode, I walk you through the GPT-5 release, what’s new, what’s noise, and why I think most folks won’t even notice a difference. We’ll talk about how AI is being used at work, why the headlines can be misleading, where the tech still falls short, and why job-loss predictions are far from straightforward.

Main Topics Covered

  • Key GPT-5 updates for users
  • OpenAI’s “phD-level intelligence” claim
  • New email and calendar integration
  • Benchmark testing and hallucination improvements
  • AI hype vs. real job impact
  • Media narratives around AI job loss
  • Microsoft study on AI and job tasks
  • Defining “agents”, “agentic”, an “AGI”
  • Summary of ChatGPT’s potential and limits
  • Advice for AI-proofing your job
  • How I used ChatGPT to create the podcast intro music

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