I can’t speak for everyone but it seems to me to be a very human drive to want to be useful to others.
If you are good at something that you enjoy doing and that is valued by others, that’s the ideal scenario. And that’s what writing software looked like for many people for a long time.
That doesn’t mean you should do things just to please others. And it also doesn’t mean you can’t do something just because you enjoy doing it. But it means that these people now have a diminished ability to employ their unique skills to help others while doing something they love doing. That can sting, understandably.
I use it daily for all sorts of things, but one of the most interesting uses for me so far has been self-reflection.
For example, in the beginning of this year, I completed this exercise where I wrote a lot about childhood, past experiences, strengths and weaknesses, goals and ambitions for the future, etc (https://selfauthoring.com) and then I uploaded all that to ChatGPT, asked it to be my therapist/coach, and then asked it to produce reports about myself, action plans, strategies, etc. Super interesting and useful.
By now ChatGPT has quite a bit of context from past conversations. Just the other day I used this prompt from someone else and got back super useful insights – "Can you share some extremely deep and profound insights about my psyche and mind that I would not otherwise be able to identify or see as well as some that I may not want to hear"
If you are good at something that you enjoy doing and that is valued by others, that’s the ideal scenario. And that’s what writing software looked like for many people for a long time.
That doesn’t mean you should do things just to please others. And it also doesn’t mean you can’t do something just because you enjoy doing it. But it means that these people now have a diminished ability to employ their unique skills to help others while doing something they love doing. That can sting, understandably.