Chatbots!

 The timing of learning about chatbots is impeccable! In my job I reach out to Financial Advisors to discuss annuity products. For one particular client that I have my list of Financial Advisors to contact is painfully short so they are contacted more frequently than I'd like and I'm sure they would like as well. Last week, before knowing about this assignment, I decided to try using ChatGPT to draft an email template to something different than what I normally use. I wanted my email template to say the same thing but in a way that those I'm contacting do not already have memorized. So, I asked ChatGPT to write a different version of an email template that I use by inserting the text from my email. What I like about ChatGPT is that after it drafted a new email template it offered other suggestions to try such as creating a more formal or casual template. I responded that I would like the email to be more formal. 

Again, an email template was created and another prompt given asking if I'd like the email to be tailored to a specific industry.

ChatGPT will continue to have a conversation with you while giving prompts/ideas of how to further tailor your request. This is different from Microsoft Copilot. In Copilot email templates were generated but no prompts on how it could format the email differently were offered. The prompt feature is one I highly value and would use often.

Other ways I have found using a chatbot helpful is for checking for mistakes in my papers. I inserted a paper I had written for a class and asked the chatbot to check for any errors. The chatbot found a discrepancy from a citation in the paper to what I had written in the reference. I was able to correct the mistake before submitting the assignment. On another occasion I was asked to speak to a large congregation several months ago. I prepared a talk and then asked a chatbot what the tone of my talk was as I wanted this to be something more uplifting. The chatbot gave a few suggestions and I made a few corrections to more closely reflect what I was aiming for. 

The uses of chatbots seems to be endless and they are incredibly fun tools to use. My caution for chatbot usage is to not let it rob you of your own creativity. Continue to do your own thinking and generate your own ideas (and write your own papers!) before asking a chatbot for ideas.

For some fun I tried to use a couple of the ideas from the videos in this week's lesson. I found it to be true that the more information/description is given to a chatbot the better the information generated. For example, I also tried to create a picture of a Bengal tiger using canon a camera. And that is exactly what ChatGPT created. What I had intended to create was a picture of a Bengal tiger that was taken with a canon camera. For further usage I will use more description to create what I am envisioning.

Another fun activity I tried was creating lyrics for a song. This time I used more description to create a song. I asked Gemeni to create the following: Create a hip hop song about a 41 year old mother with 5 children who decides to return to do a masters program in human resource development for idaho state university. The following fun lyrics were generated. Enjoy!

(Verse 1) Forty-one years have spun their thread, five little hearts I've nurtured, fed. From scraped knees to bedtime tales, my world revolved within these walls. But a whisper stirred, a quiet hum, a chapter closed, a new to come. Idaho State, a distant gleam, a long-forgotten, hopeful dream.

(Chorus) So I'm packing backpacks, not just for school, but for a journey, breaking every rule They thought I'd settled, planted deep, but a dormant seed begins to leap. Human Resource, the path I've spied, to build and nurture, with knowledge as my guide. A master's calling, clear and strong, for this mama, it can't be wrong.

(Verse 2) The applications, late at night, between the laundry and the morning light. Essays wrestled, references sought, a different kind of battle fought. The acceptance letter, thin and white, a beacon burning ever bright. Excitement mixed with nervous fear, can I balance this, year after year?

(Chorus) So I'm packing backpacks, not just for school, but for a journey, breaking every rule They thought I'd settled, planted deep, but a dormant seed begins to leap. Human Resource, the path I've spied, to build and nurture, with knowledge as my guide. A master's calling, clear and strong, for this mama, it can't be wrong.

(Bridge) The lectures hum, the theories flow, a world of learning starts to grow. Case studies and group debates, juggling deadlines, sealing fates Of projects looming, papers due, alongside homework, old and new. The kids cheer on, with sticky hands, "Go Mom, you've got this!" they understand.

(Chorus) So I'm packing backpacks, not just for school, but for a journey, breaking every rule They thought I'd settled, planted deep, but a dormant seed begins to leap. Human Resource, the path I've spied, to build and nurture, with knowledge as my guide. A master's calling, clear and strong, for this mama, it can't be wrong.

(Outro) Idaho State, my second start, a fire ignited in my heart. Forty-one and feeling bold, a new story waiting to unfold. For me and my five, a lesson learned, that dreams can wait, but still return. A Bengal roar, a future bright, a mama shining her own light.

OpenAi. (2025). ChatGPT (Apr 30 version) [Large Language Model]. https://chatgpt.com/

OpenAi. (2025). Gemini (Apr 30 version) https://gemini.google.com/