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Out of Touch in social media & computer related tools
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Out of Touch in social media & computer related tools
I have retired for more than 1 year now. Without work assignments, I have stopped using computer applications like excel workheets and PowerPoint. Computer technology has advanced a lot over the last few years such as AI, and chatGPT. I feel very much out of touch, even using social media tools like Instagram and facebook becoming a challenge sometimes. Is anyone sharing my frustration?
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Yes, if you do not keep up with the latest developments, you will be left behind for sure. It is never too late to ” learn or re-learn” things.
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Try the following links for computer learning: https://charm-retirement.com/classes/
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Watch youtube videos, a good source for practical knowledge; you may find what you need to learn from basic to relatively more advanced applications. And most importantly, they are free and you can repeat watching them
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The world also talks a lot about ChatGPT. Any experience to share here?
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ChatGPT is very powerful. You can literally churn out a thank you letter to a long essay within minutes; obviously, you need to edit the content to make it more personal; a super-productive tool. I love it
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But I understand you can’t use ChatGPT in Hong Kong unless you have a VPN.
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Correct, but equally good, you can try http://www.poe.com
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I am afraid the tool will replace a lot of human jobs. For example: legal advice and agrement can be given by GPT at the touch of a button
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This means that university graduates will not go for traditional jobs like accountancy or legal assistants. Managing or operating AI tools will become a new skill that one must possess in the more and more digitalized world
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My takeaway is that we retirees need to learn these AI tools as well; I understand they are quite user-friendly
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yes, agree. We do not need to understand how a computer is programmed with the essential coding logic before we can learn how to use it. Same concept!!!
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True true. Must embrace AI and ChatGPT even if we are not in the job market. I am sure we can find it useful somehow in our lives after retirement
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Let’s have a go with http://www.poe.com
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Thank you all….
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