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automobile mechanic is difficult to seek out. May AI assist me find one? It was value a shot.
First, a observe concerning the software I used: There are just a few variations between the publicly obtainable free ChatGPT and the $20/month subscription service, ChatGPT Plus. Along with ChatGPT Plus being primarily based on the GPT-4 mannequin, I discover the largest variations to be the provision of Code Interpreter (which presents lots of neat analytics) and ChatGPT plugins.
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The plugins are one thing of a game-changer as a result of they permit — amongst many different issues — ChatGPT to do its magic utilizing present information obtainable on the net. Sans plugins, every little thing ChatGPT is aware of ends in 2021. For this venture, I used the WebPilot plugin.
Concerning the automobile: Our 13-year-old Ford has reached the purpose the place it wants lots of work. It is a heck of a automobile, and we hope to have it for a lot of extra years, which signifies that sometimes it wants some tending to.
We did not wish to take it to the supplier however most popular to discover a mechanic regionally, right here on the town. I used ChatGPT Plus to assist establish the particular person to whom we finally introduced our automobile. It seems he is a man who doesn’t personal a cellphone and refuses to make use of electronic mail. (So he is clearly a a lot happier and smarter particular person than you or I’ll ever be.)
To guard his identification, in addition to to repeat the experiment, I made a decision to run the identical queries utilizing Melbourne, Florida, a city on the opposite aspect of the nation, for instance.
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The plan was easy: get ChatGPT to research Yelp and Google evaluations to seek out out which mechanic native residents appear to love finest.
With ChatGPT Plus, you need to allow plugins in the beginning of a session. So, to begin, I enabled WebPilot.
One fast observe: Beforehand, I attempted to get ChatGPT to scan each Yelp and Google evaluations on the identical time and the AI at all times acquired confused. So, for this demonstration, I am separating these queries. (And it nonetheless will get a bit of misplaced.)
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Right here was my first immediate:
Use WebPilot to scan Yelp evaluations for automobile restore outlets native to Melbourne, Florida. Mixture the assessment outcomes and let me know which restore outlets, primarily based on the common assessment worth and the variety of evaluations, produce the very best degree of buyer satisfaction. Don’t embrace any automobile sellers or restore outlets which might be a part of automobile sellers, and make sure to keep solely inside Melbourne.
I acquired again a reasonably helpful response:
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Then I instructed it:
Do the identical for Google evaluations.
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As you may see, it acquired misplaced, complicated LA Health and Dwelling Depot with auto mechanics. I then tried to get it to re-run the search, however I explicitly instructed it to substitute Google for Yelp:
Do the identical, however use Google evaluations as a substitute of Yelp evaluations
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This time it simply failed. Reasonably than trying up outcomes, it instructed me the right way to seek for them myself. Typically when the AI will get confused, a extra complete immediate may help. So I fed it the unique immediate I used above, however with “Google” rather than “Yelp”:
Use Webpilot to scan Google evaluations for automobile restore outlets native to Melbourne, Florida. Mixture the assessment outcomes and let me know which restore outlets, primarily based on the common assessment worth and the variety of revews, produce the very best degree of buyer satisfaction. Don’t embrace any automobile sellers or restore outlets which might be a part of automobile sellers, and make sure to keep solely inside Melbourne.
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As you may see, that labored. Subsequent, I requested it to do a sentiment evaluation:
Now carry out a sentiment evaluation on each units of outlets primarily based on their Yelp and Google evaluations and rank them by way of how prospects charge them, together with a brief descriptive abstract that displays general buyer satisfaction or lack of satisfaction. Current the outlets so as of their general rating, with essentially the most optimistic sentiment as the primary store offered.
This didn’t lead to an aggregated rating. I made a decision once more so as to add extra specificity to my immediate. Here is the immediate that yielded the very best outcomes:
Now carry out a sentiment evaluation on each units of outlets primarily based on their COMBINED Yelp and Google evaluations (REVIEW COUNT AND NUMBER OF STARS), AS WELL AS ALL THE CUSTOMER COMMENTS, and rank them by way of how prospects charge them OVERALL, together with a brief descriptive abstract that displays general buyer satisfaction or lack of satisfaction.
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The all-caps phrases are phrases I added that gave the immediate extra readability. They’re upper-cased so that you can see my modifications (ChatGPT would not take note of case). I additionally modified this sentence as proven in all-caps:
Current the highest 5 outlets so as of their general rating ACROSS BOTH YELP AND GOOGLE, with essentially the most optimistic sentiment as the primary store offered.
The outcomes had been way more consistent with what I wished. First, it offered a mixed detailed report:
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Then, as a part of the identical reply, it offered an general rating.
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Once I did this right here, regionally, the restore store really useful by ChatGPT Plus is the one we took the Ford to. To date, it has been a really satisfying expertise. Amongst different issues, one thing one other store quoted as costing greater than $2,000 to repair wound up costing about $250 with the mechanic really useful by AI.
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I took one ultimate step, which I hadn’t tried earlier than. As a university professor, I typically instructed my college students to indicate their work, to assist me see how they acquired to their conclusions. I did the identical with ChatGPT Plus. It was attention-grabbing.
Present your work
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Total, I am fairly intrigued by the potential for letting the AI combination public sentiment information. But it surely’s essential to watch out as a result of this information is difficult to verify. And, as we have seen, the AI often loses the thread, so you actually by no means understand how dependable its conclusions will likely be.
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As an experiment, although, it was enjoyable. And, happily for our over-the-hill Ford, it is proving to be a great outcome.
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