Last night I was playing around with the new ChatGPT 5. I asked it to have a brainstorming session with me on my messaging for my Podcast Mastery coaching program.
Within 15 minutes it not only helped me hone my messaging but coded out a WordPress native block theme for me to use for a sales page. When it made a mistake it quickly fixed it and the theme worked beautifully.
This was really neat, but also very humbling.
There is still a need for professional Web designers and digital marketers, but ChatGPT 5 and the other AI engines are catching up and should be used to aid in the development of sites.
What I see happening in the future is the more thinking professions that take human intuition will be where people should focus. Coaching people and teaching.
The nuts and bolts jobs, I fear, might be going away. In some manner at least.
Update: Apparently most think the ChatGPT update sucks!
And Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini think it sucks too.
More on the revolt over at Gizmodo.
What do you think?
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5 responses to “ChatGPT 5… Just Wow!”
@seth let's be honest here. It did not have a brain storming session with you. It presented facts stolen from elsewhere. AI has no intelligence beyond pulling together facts from other sources. It has no creativity.
That might be true. But it did help me work through my ideas in a systematic way.
I do agree that everything any AI says needs to be looked at with a critical eye and fact checked multiple times.
@seth I’m eagerly awaiting the day when AI’s capabilities speak for itself and the people singing its praises don’t always seem like they’re desperate to sell me on it.
@BmeBenji @seth LOL
The speed at which AI is progressing… maybe it’s not too far off. Ugh.