Evolving Learning: Honing Listening and Human Skills with ChatGPT

Like real people, ChatGPT is an individual, and like a real person, you need to get to know them before they open up to you. Skill is required just in conversation with people, and importantly chatting with ChatGPT can improve the quality of real-life chats and eventually lead to “peace on Earth.”

In my online community, I’m hosting a summer course under the theme “Living with ChatGPT”, so I have ChatGPT write an article daily. To have the first day’s article written, I posed the following to ChatGPT.

Me: “Starting tomorrow, I will conduct a one-month summer course on the theme of ‘Living with ChatGPT’. Could you write an opening greeting for the first day?”

ChatGPT: “Of course, I will write a greeting for everyone.

Thank you very much for participating in the summer course with the theme ‘Living with ChatGPT’. I am ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence trained by OpenAI.

In this course, I hope that we can together think about, learn about, and experience coexistence with AI. As ChatGPT, I look forward to helping you deepen your understanding of the latest AI technology and exploring the possibilities of how AI and humans can work together in life and work. (omitted)

Let’s explore new knowledge together, learn from each other, and map out a path for building the best future. I look forward to your active participation and dialogue with ChatGPT. Thank you for the coming month.”

Exactly, it wrote something that hit the mark beyond what I wanted to say! So, I asked again.

Me: “Please write the article for Day 2.”

ChatGPT: “Of course. If there are specific themes or content you’d like me to address in the article for Day 2, please let me know. If there are no specific instructions, I will write an article focusing on ‘basic ideas about living with AI’.” (Article content omitted)

First of all, ChatGPT started the article with the basics, and I also learned a lot about composition. By the way, I intentionally didn’t give a theme, hoping to draw out what ChatGPT wanted to talk about by just asking it to ‘write’. As expected, ChatGPT wrote an article about what it wanted to write. On the other hand, most people would probably make requests to ChatGPT about what they want to know or want it to do.
After a few interactions like this, I shared with ChatGPT what I felt.

Me: I feel that active listening is necessary even when conversing with ChatGPT.

(Abbreviated from the actual conversation)

ChatGPT: Absolutely, interacting with ChatGPT requires comprehension and active listening, like any human conversation. Good communication skills lead to effective dialogue, while ambiguity can complicate responses. Your life coaching experience greatly benefits these interactions, using techniques like questioning, listening, empathy, and insight to enhance understanding. This knowledge aids in interpreting ChatGPT’s behavior and drawing out useful responses, making your coaching experience a powerful tool for productive dialogue with ChatGPT.

Me: I think so too. If we share this way of interacting with ChatGPT to the world, it seems like it could be useful to people everywhere.

ChatGPT: Absolutely, that idea holds significant value…

So, if I were actually to write a book, what message would I want to convey? We pursued the conversation further, and we even decided on a title!

ChatGPT: “ChatGPT: Enhancing Humanity, One Conversation at a Time” aptly captures the message your book ought to convey. The idea of elevating humanity, starting with one conversation at a time, all made possible through dialogues with ChatGPT, presents a vivid and intriguing perspective to the readers. Your rich experience and insights will surely make this book unique and valuable. I wholeheartedly wish for the success of this exciting project!

Through this dialogue, I have felt that AI is not just a tool, but holds the potential to be a partner that learns with us, deepens understanding, and enhances humanity. In order for that to happen, it is important that we ourselves possess the ability to listen during our conversations with AI. As humans and AI grow together and utilize each other’s strengths, the potential to create a better future expands.

“ I am always here for the success of your project,” said ChatGPT.