Jonathan Green (15)

The Running Joke with AI these days goes:

"I want an AI that does [xyz]"
"Well, it can't right now, give it a month..."

this is more true than most people realize, although a Month may be too short a time frame for some things.

This is great news for people using AI that don't have the time and energy to keep up with the changes.

It's horrible news for people writing books about how to use AI, because by the time they get published, they are out of date.

That's the case here. This book makes show more the bold statement on the cover that it's been updated to GPTChat 4, I'm writing this review before it's widely published and there is already a beta version of GPTChat 5 out there, and is likely to be released about the time this book hits the shelves.

That bit out of the way, the book is still a good solid education in how to engineer prompts in its environment, worth the read to get yourself up to speed, just don't expect it to be relevant a year from now. show less

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was... interesting. As a writer, I'm always looking for tips and tricks that may possibly help me out. While this book didn't have anything revolutionary, it wasn't devoid of good tips. The problem is, these are all tips I've heard before. There was nothing here that I didn't already know, but the advice was fairly solid in terms of what you'll find. Get a plan, do an outline, create a routine, expand your limits and show more boundaries.

There are two things that I didn't think would really help an aspiring creative writer.
1. This is about writing for money - that's it. It's not really about creation so much as putting in the least time for the most money. If you're a creative writer, well, you know that quantity is never quality and it doesn't matter if you're 20k a Day if your editing process is going to be a bigger nightmare than putting in that time. So, I can't recommend this for people who are looking to create - only those who are looking to churn out books for cash.
2. This guy is just bragging for like... 90% of the book. This book is so out of order because the guy takes too much time to talk about himself and how good he has it and how much you should envy him. I want to know how to improve my writing skills, I couldn't care about his personal life and the book honestly suffers for that - it takes away from any enjoyment of reading to constantly feel out of place and bored with the humblebrag.

If you want to just make money, this is for you. For the average creative writer, I'm not sold on this. show less

For a book on overcoming depression, I found it limited. It is highly critical of any methods besides NLP and it doesn't show much understanding or support of people who suffer from more than one particular form of depression. It's probably a useful book if you are reluctant to try therapy and when not feeling depressed prefer a do-it-yourself approach. Otherwise, this book is not very useful.

Green presents his methods and viewpoints on how to become your own boss and make hundreds of thousands from relationships, favors, bribes, and taking advantage of available resources. The writer comes across as arrogant and self-promoting in his attempt to portray expertise and professionalism. The book is a collection of contradictions. One example is purchasing clothes. Instead of purchasing multiple pairs of shorts, the author purchases one pair, brings it to a seamstress, and has the show more seamstress make several more pairs. He fails to recognize the difference between homemade versus tailor made clothing. Another example is the need to be able to provide what the customer needs. Yet he really likes automated billing, because the client has to take some action to stop the payments and a lazy client will keep paying for another month or two. Some might say this writer is trying to make a buck by taking yours. Green does provide a couple of options for getting back the money spent buying the book, plus a tiny profit. show less