Dot saves the day: rebooks around a cancelled train with zero input
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I got to try ChatGPT’s new dots personal assistant ahead of time as part of their Dev Early Access Community testing. TL;DR: It saved my day today. Longer version: I had an early train to London today. I woke up to find it had been cancelled (yay, UK trains!), and I had to get a later train – I would end up being late for my event, and the later train would likely be swamped with people. There was an earlier train available, but it was in 20 minutes; there was no way I could get there in time. It turns out that my dot had spotted the problem, read the cancellation email to see my ticket was valid on earlier trains, then looked up the live tracking for the earlier train and found that it was running late – it hadn’t even left its starting station yet. It did this with zero input from me; not even an initial request, just fully autonomously. So, I was able to leave more or less as normal, head to the train station, and catch the earlier train just fine. Train: Caught. Day: Saved. Me: Impressed.
Paul Hudson tested ChatGPT's new Dots personal assistant ahead of launch. One morning his early train to London was cancelled; the later train would have made him late and been swamped, while an earlier train left in 20 minutes — impossible to reach in time. His Dot spotted the problem on its own, read the cancellation email to confirm his ticket was valid on earlier trains, then checked live tracking and found the earlier train was running late and hadn't left its starting station. All with zero input — not even an initial request, fully autonomously. He left more or less as normal and caught the earlier train. Train: caught. Day: saved.