@Arthur_Trudgill I asked something about why I still care despite living in another country for 20 years.
On this point chatgpt is incredible.
I asked it to give me one sentence for each of the following French verbs. These verbs are an example of a group of different but difficult vowel sounds for English speakers:
Étendre - to hang up / out
Entendre - to hear
Atteindre - to reach
Attendre- to wait
Éteindre - to turn off (lights only)
It did so perfectly. I then asked it to listen to me say the sentences and comment on my pronunciation.
I also practised the final sentence ’Remember to turn off the lights when you leave the room’ in Spanish.’
I had a 10 minute free trial with chatgpt version 4 and I have to say that she was like speaking to a real patient language speaker. She was also able to separate each sound in each syllable.
When I changed to the free version, it was good but it sounded more like an American speaking French and due to my accent she kept speaking to me in English despite explicitly saying that I wanted not to.
@Leroy Ambrose It is worrying given that I run a small English language training business. I think AI will replace many workers in a relatively short time frame - by 2040 certainly, some by 2030 or before. I include in this list some of the work of highly qualified jobs like doctors. I think practical jobs / trademen will be safe for a long time.
Ultimately, it will cause high unemployment I think. If we take a socialist approach then AI will free us all to have more leisure time. In reality, in this capitalist and ever more dystopian world, it will lead to poverty and civil unrest.
Thanks jimmymelrose. I guessed something like "why are football fans so passionate about their teams" and tried it in plain Google to see if I could get something similar to what ChatGPT gave you. It sort of did but hard to tell if it's what you were looking for.
I admit I'm in the AI-sceptic camp, but I'm interested to hear how people get value from it. I am yet to have a good interaction with the tool, but I'll keep trying.
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