There are plenty of tasks I'd normally procrastinate on, or be reluctant to do, because they're tiring, boring, or emotionally difficult for reasons specific to myself. That is, cases when I have the knowledge and the skills, but lack the willpower or composture (or glucose / caffeine in my bloodstream). Using GPT-4 for with that kind of work isn't saving much time vs. what I could do, but it is compared to what would actually happen, which is either me procrastinating on it, delaying it for a better time (next morning, day with less meetings, etc.), or suffering a 2-10x performance penalty from having to fight through my own emotional blocks.
On the net, this isn't making me 5-10x more effective at work. It's probably not even 2x, short-term. Mid-term, 2-5x would be possible, because all the things I did earlier than later add up. Time will tell.
Am I telling on myself here? Maybe. Sorry not sorry. I am a human being, with a human brain, which means some things that should be easy for me, become hard for unrelated reasons. GPT-4 is one of many tools I have to overcome such challenges, but it's a particularly powerful and versatile one, so I'm happy that I can use it.
(Also, INB4, I have access to company-approved deployment on Azure, so I'm in the clear with using it at work.)
