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In this video, we explore how to leverage ChatGPT to enhance your learning experience. Discover how ChatGPT can help explain complex concepts, provide code explanations, recommend valuable resources, and generate flashcards and multiple-choice questions for effective studying. Join us as we tackle coding challenges together, with ChatGPT serving as your virtual tutor. Unlock your learning potential today with the assistance of ChatGPT!
Prompts Used
Explain complex coding concepts
Can you explain recusion to me?Can you explain recusion to me like I'm 5 years old?
Explain code snippets
Can you explain this code snippet to me line by line:
// PASTE CODE SNIPPET
Recommend additonal resources
Can you recommend any resources to learn how to build Discord bots?
Summarize Notes
Can you summarize my notes from the Object-Oriented JavaScript course? [ENTER NOTES]List out all the important syntax I should know from my notes.Using my notes, can you generate helpful flashcards to help me learn Object-Oriented JavaScript?
Have ChatGPT guide you to a solution instead of handing you the answer
You are my tutor. You're here to guide me and provide assistance to help me arrive at the solution on my own.
Generate multiple-choice questions
Generate a multiple-choice question about React
Assist in code challenges
Here's a transcript of a video.
// PASTE TRANSCRIPT
Can you help me work through the code challenge but don't give me the solution.
Can you help me with step 2 without giving me the answer?
Generate additional coding challenges
Can you generate a coding challenge for a beginner in React
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[MUSIC]
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Are you ready to take your
learning to the next level?
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I'm Laura,
an instructor here at Treehouse.
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And in this video,
we'll be diving into the world of AI, and
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how it can revolutionize
your learning experience.
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We'll explore how ChatGPT, an AI language
model, can explain coding concepts,
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recommend valuable learning resources,
summarize and explain notes,
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generate personalized flashcards
coding practices, and more.
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Plus, ChatGPT will be there
every step of the way,
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acting as your personal tutor,
guiding you to arrive at solutions.
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If you're ready to unlock the power of
AI to enhance your learning journey,
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let's get started.
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Before getting started,
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just know that there are some
knowledge limitations to ChatGPT.
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Currently it may occasionally
generate incorrect information and
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has limited knowledge of
world events after 2021.
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In such cases, you can indicate
the issue to ChatGPT and ask for
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clarification or a better solution.
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With that being said, now let's dive in.
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One of the most valuable features of
ChatGPT is its ability to explain
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complex coding concepts.
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For example,
if you're struggling to understand
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a particular concept like recursion,
just ask ChatGPT.
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Let's try it out.
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Can you explain recursion to me?
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And there you have it.
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ChatGPT is explaining it to us and
even gives us an example using Python.
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If you still don't understand, you can
ask ChatGPT to simplify its explanation.
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My favorite way is to ask it to explain
the concept like I'm five years old.
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So I'll type, can you explain recursion
to me like I'm five years old?
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I really like this nested box analogy.
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Next time you're learning a new
concept and don't understand it,
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open up ChatGPT and
have it explained in simpler terms.
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Not only can ChatGPT explain
coding concepts, but
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it can also explain code snippets.
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In my free time, I'm learning
how to create a bot for Discord.
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I've been following the discord.js guide,
and at one point,
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it asked me to paste a block of code.
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Before I add the code to my app,
I wanna know exactly what this does.
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I can copy over the code snippet and
ask ChatGPT, can you explain this
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code snippet to me line by line and
paste the code right underneath?
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And just like that,
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ChatGPT provided a line by line
explanation of this code snippet.
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Learning doesn't stop with ChatGPT.
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It can also recommend additional
resources to further your knowledge.
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Whether you need online tutorials,
textbooks, or
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specific documentation,
ChatGPT is here to help.
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Let's give it a try.
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Can you recommend any resources to
learn how to build Discord bots?
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Fantastic, it's pointing me
to a guide I was just at,
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Discord Feveloper Portal,
and API Documentation.
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With ChatGPT's recommendations,
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you can continue your learning
journey with confidence.
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I don't know about you, but for me,
I need to take notes when I'm learning.
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Most of the time, I take too many
notes and never get back to them.
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But now, you can feed your notes
to ChatGPT to generate summaries,
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extract important data, and
even generate flashcards.
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Let's give it a try.
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Here, I have my notes from when I taught
the Object-Oriented JavaScript course here
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at Treehouse.
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I'll ask ChatGPT to summarize my notes.
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I'll type, can you summarize my notes from
the Object-Oriented JavaScript course,
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and right below it, I'll paste my notes.
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This summary seems a bit long,
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it even got to the point where
the Continue generating button appeared.
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Instead, I'll ask ChatGPT to give us
a list of important syntax for my notes.
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Great, now instead of having syntax
spread out throughout my notes,
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I have them summarized all in one place.
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This will also come in handy once I
put what I learned into practice.
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Flashcards are an excellent tool
to help you retain information.
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With ChatGPT,
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you can generate flashcards on various
topics to reinforce your learning.
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I'll have ChatGPT use my notes
to generate some flashcards.
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Using my notes,
can you generate helpful flashcards to
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help me learn Object-Oriented JavaScript?
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This just saves me so
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much time in trying to figure out what
information I should be testing myself on.
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You can even prompt ChatGPT
to create a flashcard app and
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add these flashcards to it.
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So you don't even need to
create physical cards.
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You should give it a try.
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Testing your knowledge is an essential
part of the learning process.
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You can have ChatGPT generate multiple
choice questions for you, help walk you
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through code challenges, and even create
code challenges for you to try out.
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One drawback of using ChatGPT to test your
knowledge is that sometimes it just gives
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you the answer and
doesn't help you get to it on your own.
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For example, if I ask ChatGBT to generate
a multiple choice question about React,
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it generated a question for me, but
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gave me the correct answer before I had
a chance to figure it out on my own.
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To fix this, I usually prompt
ChatGPT saying, you are my tutor.
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You're here to guide me and
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provide assistance to help me
arrive at the solution on my own.
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It apologized for giving me the answer.
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Now, when I asked it to generate another
multiple choice question about React,
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it generated a new question without
just telling me the answer.
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Now, you can reinforce your learning by
challenging yourself with these multiple
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choice questions.
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If you want some practice, you can always
find them in the Treehouse library.
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If any challenge is too tough, don't
just give up and look at the solution.
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Have ChatGPT guide you to the solution.
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I'll use the practice state
in React to demonstrate this.
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I'll copy the whole transcript
from the first video.
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Back in ChatGPT, I'll get it to help me
through this challenge by prompting it,
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here's a transcript of a video.
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Can you help me work through the code
challenge but don't give me the solution?
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Okay, so it's summarizing
the instructions for the challenge.
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Let's have it help us with step 2 and
remind it not to just give us the answer.
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Can you help me with step 2
without giving me the answer?
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Neat, so to complete step 2,
I need to define a function,
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use a loop to generate the stars,
and store the stars JSX in an array.
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It's like having a study
partner by your side.
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If you're looking for
more coding challenges or
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exercises to sharpen your skills,
ChatGPT can generate them for you.
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Can you generate a coding challenge for
a beginner in React?
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And here we have a coding challenge
to create a simple TodoList app.
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The app should have a todo state,
an input field that adds new items
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to the todo state and displays each
todo item with a delete button.
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It even gives us some hints
to complete this challenge.
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This seems like a great coding
challenge for a beginner.
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With ChatGPT's help, you can
continuously challenge yourself and
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advance your coding abilities.
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Now that we have explored some of
the ways ChatGPT can enhance your
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learning experience, I encourage you to
dive in and start utilizing its features.
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Ask questions, seek explanation,
request resources, and challenge yourself.
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The power of AI is here to assist
you in your learning journey.
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Remember, ChatGPT does have
some knowledge limitations.
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So if anything seems off, ask ChatGPT for
clarification or verify the information.
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ChatGPT is an amazing tool to bring
your learning to the next level.
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If you want to learn more about
what else ChatGPT is capable of,
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I recommend watching ChatGPT for
beginners,
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which I've added a link below along
with a link to all our AI content.
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Thanks for watching and happy learning.
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