THE FUTURE IS HERE

Mark O'Loughlin of Sanctuary Synthetics explains ChatGPT and its ramifications for the Irish horticultural industry.

My web guy introduced me to AI, ironically enough, on April Fool’s Day. This super impressive tech has the potential to revolutionise how we communicate and do business in all fields, including horticulture.

Let’s have a look at the implications, possibilities, commercial opportunities, potential threats, and the reality of change that ChatGPT brings to the horticultural world.

A Quick Glimpse At Chatgpt

ChatGPT, based on the GPT-4 architecture, is an AI language model designed by OpenAI. It's smart enough to understand and generate human-like text, making it super useful across various industries. For the horticultural sector, ChatGPT offers multiple opportunities to streamline operations, enhance communications, and improve the customer experience.

ChatGPT 3.5 version is free, while the latest, 4.0, costs a few euros a month. I urge readers to look up ‘Open AI’ and play around with it. You can easily use it on your smartphone. Warning – as rabbit holes go, this one is deep.