🤖👨🏫 Sabi Way to Change Yua Chatbot Enta Life Coach!
E get way wey yua chatbot fit helep yu so tey e go turn motivator wey fit helep yu set goals 🎯and arrange yua schedule so yu fit reach di goals dem.
No wahala, we don land again with anoda edition of On Tech: A.I., wey go teach yu wetin be artificial intelligence, how e dey waka, and how yu fit use am.
Last week, I show yu how yu fit use A.I. as personal shopper to helep yu quick quick find better market. Now make we tell A.I. make e try do anoda one: Helep us set goals and arrange we lives to reach dem.
Chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard, dem sabi do dis kind work wella. I go show yu how yu fit dey use chatbot to create action plan and form new habits, including how to put yua goals inside yua calendar and to-do list. 💡🗓️
First, choose one goal! E go good if yu get one self-help book wey get beta advice. For example, say yu wan run marathon and yu just read di book “Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run.”
Choose one chatbot. I go use Open AI’s ChatGPT for dis example with web browsing turn on for di settings, since di book na new one. Then try dis kind talk, wey I borrow from PromptHero, na database of ChatGPT talk wey don helep people:
ChatGPT fit explain di mata of di book — say anybodi, no mata how dem body big or di condition of dia fitness, fit train at dia own pace to turn runner — and e fit join together workout plan using principles from di book. 🏃♀️💨
For Month 1, for example, di chatbot fit advise yu say make yu start with four 30-minute walks for one week just to dey used to physical activity. Then for Month 2, e go talk say make yu keep dat frequency but start to include jogging. For Month 3, e go talk say make yu focus on jogging and add time to yua sessions to reach 45 minutes.
Di next step na to take dis advise and turn dem into habits. Yu fit manually put di workouts inside yua calendar, but wetin be di joy for that? For ChatGPT, if yu use one plug-in automation tool wey dem call Zapier, yu fit connect di chatbot with yua Google Calendar and tell am make e automatically add di workout recommendations inside yua calendar for yu. 🗓️💪
(Currently na only subscribers wey dey pay $20 for one month for ChatGPT Plus fit use plug-ins. We explain how yu fit do am for last week newsletter.)
Once yu don connect Zapier to ChatGPT, go to di Zapier’s Open AI actions menu and click “add a new action.” For di action, type “Google Calender: Quick add event.” Follow di steps to connect yua Google calendar account and click “Enable action.”
After yu don do dis, go back to ChatGPT. With di Zapier plug-in selected, re-enter di talk wey dey ask di bot to be yua life coach. Now, after di bot don finish to lay out di workout plan, type “add each workout to my calendar.”
From there, di bot go look di workout plan and automatically follow di guidelines of di workout plan to add each session to yua calendar. When time reach to add to di duration of yua runs, di calendar events go change to show am.
E sweet wella, but if yu na person wey like to-do list, dat one na easy set-up. Just tell yua life coach say yu go dey share yua to-do list regular and say yu want am make e add di workouts to yua to-do list according to di proposed schedule.
For example, I tell my life coach say dis week I need to rotate di tires of my motor for Costco, call di health insurance company about one claim, write copy for dis week newsletter, buy broccoli and arrange phone calls with companies. E automatically spread out dese tasks for one week and add di 30-minute walks.
Try use dese steps with any of yua life goals — like saving money to buy house, or set yurself to get promotion for work. Small automation fit turn advice wey no clear into plan wey yu fit follow.
After I ask for running plan, I tell my life coach say I don get big belle and no get shape again after di pandemic. Di chatbot remind me say, base on di principles of di book, di goal na to run marathon, no be to lose weight, and to find joy for di process of running while yu dey remove shame. E encourage me join community of runners, whether for real life or online for communities like Reddit or Strava. That one sound like correct advice.
Wetin dey come next?
Next week, we go talk about how students fit use A.I. to study (no be to cheat). 🎓📚
NOW IN ENGLISH
🤖👨🏫 Transform Your Chatbot into a Life Coach!
Your chatbot can serve in such a way that it becomes a motivator helping you set goals 🎯 and schedule your time so you can achieve them.
No worries, we are back with another edition of On Tech: A.I., which will teach you what artificial intelligence is, how it works, and how you can utilize it.
Last week, I showed you how to use A.I. as a personal shopper to help you quickly find the best deals. Now let’s ask A.I. to undertake another task: assist us in setting goals and organizing our lives to achieve them.
Chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard are excellent at this kind of work. I’m going to show you how to use a chatbot to create an action plan and form new habits, including how to incorporate your goals into your calendar and to-do list. 💡🗓️
First, choose a goal! It’s helpful if you have a self-help book that offers good advice. For example, suppose you want to run a marathon and you’ve just read the book “Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run.”
Choose a chatbot. I’ll use Open AI’s ChatGPT for this example with web browsing turned on in the settings, since the book is new. Then try this conversation, which I borrowed from PromptHero, a database of ChatGPT dialogues that have helped people:
ChatGPT can explain the essence of the book — that anyone, no matter their size or fitness level, can train at their own pace to become a runner — and it can piece together a workout plan using principles from the book. 🏃♀️💨
For Month 1, for example, the chatbot might advise you to start with four 30-minute walks a week just to get used to physical activity. Then for Month 2, it will suggest maintaining that frequency but start to include jogging. For Month 3, it will recommend focusing on jogging and adding time to your sessions to reach 45 minutes.
The next step is to take this advice and turn it into habits. You can manually insert the workouts into your calendar, but where’s the fun in that? With ChatGPT, if you use a plug-in automation tool called Zapier, you can connect the chatbot with your Google Calendar and command it to automatically add the workout recommendations to your calendar for you. 🗓️💪
(Currently, only subscribers paying $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus can use plug-ins. We explained how to do it in last week’s newsletter.)
Once you’ve connected Zapier to ChatGPT, go to the Zapier’s Open AI actions menu and click “add a new action.” For the action, type “Google Calendar: Quick add event.” Follow the steps to connect your Google calendar account and click “Enable action.”
After doing this, return to ChatGPT. With the Zapier plug-in selected, re-enter the conversation asking the bot to be your life coach. Now, after the bot has finished laying out the workout plan, type “add each workout to my calendar.”
From there, the bot will examine the workout plan and automatically follow the guidelines of the workout plan to add each session to your calendar. When it’s time to add to the duration of your runs, the calendar events will adjust to reflect this.
It’s pretty cool, but if you’re a fan of to-do lists, that’s an easy setup. Just tell your life coach that you’ll be sharing your to-do list regularly and that you want it to add the workouts to your to-do list according to the proposed schedule.
For instance, I told my life coach this week I needed to rotate the tires of my car at Costco, call the health insurance company about a claim, write copy for this week’s newsletter, purchase broccoli, and schedule phone calls with companies. It automatically spread out these tasks over a week and added the 30-minute walks.
Try these steps with any of your life goals — like saving money to buy a house, or positioning yourself for a promotion at work. A bit of automation can turn vague advice into a plan you can follow.
After asking for a running plan, I told my life coach that I had gained weight and lost shape after the pandemic. The chatbot reminded me that, according to the principles of the book, the goal is to run a marathon, not to lose weight, and to find joy in the process of running while eliminating shame. It encouraged me to join a community of runners, either in real life or online in communities like Reddit or Strava. That sounded like good advice.
What’s next?
Next week, we’ll discuss how students can use A.I. to study (not to cheat). 🎓📚