Real estate agents say they can't imagine working without ChatGPT now (CNN)

[Pluvious]

AI is already become crucial for many services we benefit from daily.

Over 75% of Google’s electricity expense supports their AI services.

If you came across a four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home listed for sale recently on a quiet cul-de-sac in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you might not think twice about the online listing. It included typical real estate descriptions like “ideal for entertaining” and “ample space for relaxation.”

But JJ Johannes, the realtor for the home, created the description in less than five seconds by typing a few keywords into ChatGPT, a viral new AI chatbot tool that can generate elaborate responses to user prompts. It’s a task, he said, that would otherwise have taken him an hour or more to write on his own.

“It saved me so much time,” Johannes told CNN, noting he made a few tweaks and edits to ChatGPT’s work before publishing it. “It’s not perfect but it was a great starting point. My background is in technology and writing something eloquent takes time. This made it so much easier.”

Johannes is among the real estate agents experimenting with ChatGPT since it was released publicly in late November. Some residential and commercial agents told CNN it has already changed the way they work, from writing listings and social media posts to drafting legal documents. It could also be used to automate repetitive tasks such as answering frequently asked questions and doing complex calculations.

” I’ve been using it for more than a month, and I can’t remember the last time something has wowed me this much,” said Andres Asion, a broker from the Miami Real Estate Group.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/tech/chatgpt-real-estate/index.html

[tinrobot]

1. Next, it will replace the real estate agent himself.

[Sympthsical]

6. If they can do windows, I'd be fine with it

[genxlib]

2. Honestly

Those listing have sounded like they were written my robots for decades.

[Phoenix61]

13. Yep, there have always been words to translate.

Quaint = needs massive updates
Cozy = smaller than a matchbox
Historic area = really expensive and old
Up and coming = sketchy as shit area
Fixer upper = tearer downer
Just a few of my faves from house hunting days.

[VMA131Marine]

3. I asked ChatGPT to write a heavy metal song about money

I think it captured the genre quite well
A:

Verse 1:
Money, money, the root of all evil
A force that makes us all so feeble
A never-ending cycle of greed
A hunger that can never be appeased

Chorus:
Money, money, it's a disease
It takes over our minds, it brings us to our knees
A false god, that we all worship
Money, money, it's a curse

Verse 2:
We chase the almighty dollar
And forget what really matters
We sell our souls for wealth
And end up living in poverty of the mind and spirit

Chorus:
Money, money, it's a disease
It takes over our minds, it brings us to our knees
A false god, that we all worship
Money, money, it's a curse

Bridge:
We spend our days chasing the green
And forget what it truly means
To live a life with purpose and grace
But money, it takes all that away

Chorus:
Money, money, it's a disease
It takes over our minds, it brings us to our knees
A false god, that we all worship
Money, money, it's a curse

Outro:
We must break free from this addiction
And find true satisfaction
In the things that truly matter
Not the illusions of money and its chatter.

[jmowreader]

5. That song would work pretty well in Korean

Find the English translation of “Gangnam Style.” It contains lines like “I’m a man who one-shots his coffee before it gets cold.”

[WarGamer]

4. The Dumbing down of the populace... uselesness increasing.

I've already noticed that most younger people nowadays are utterly incapable of most DIY tasks.

We grew up in a different time, when you either knew a little about your car or you walked 4 miles to a service station to call a tow truck.

Now they just pick up the cell phone and call Uber.

Now the task of writing, an incredible exercise for the brain will be eliminated or reduced.

But they sure know their way around a cell phone and would like to hard wire their brain to Insta and TikTok.

Which reminds me... go somewhere cool on Earth, like Santorini or Angkor Watt.

80% of the people there are experiencing these places behind a 6.6" screen, watching pixels instead of reality.

It's like a joke, Santorini... sunset over the Caldera and hundreds of lemmings are holding up their phones...

Sad.

[TxGuitar]

10. I don't think Uber and the chat thing are quite the same

Sure a real estate agent should be able to write copy effortlessly, but I can't be expected to replace my car's transmission or starter or anything like that, so if I need to go somewhere I'd call an Uber.
Maybe people in those sites like Santorini are looking at their phones because there is some educational material about the site they're accessing, or maybe they're on a Facetime call to their mom or dad who always wanted to go there so they could see it. Don't be so judgy.

[tinrobot]

11. Yeah, I used to walk uphill both ways in the snow to go to school!

OK, I didn't.

But if my car broke down, I'd also call an Uber if the alternative was an unplanned 4 mile walk. A few decades ago, I might have walked simply because I was broke. Now I have enough money and better things to do with my time.

[Prairie_Seagull]

7. One of my daughters and my SIL are buying a house right now.

The agent is a friend. I will ask if this is becoming more of a thing. We toured a home day before yesterday that had a popular doorbell camera system and were told that it was listening to the interior of the home while we toured with realtor. Does not sound legal to me but they are new and society has not caught up with them yet.

Hey what does that sound like?

[dalton99a]

8. +1. Don't make comments within earshot of these devices

They want to know what you're thinking

[Scrivener7]

9. ChatGPT is the devil.

[tinrobot]

12. ChatGPT is neutral. People are evil.

Well, at least some of them.