Scott Hurff

Introducing: How Do You Use ChatGPT? 🚀 It's a weekly show where I interview the most interesting people in the world about how they use @ChatGPT in their work and their lives—and show you every detail. The first episode is with @shl, CEO of @Gumroad and @flexile. It's not theoretical: we screen-share through his actual prompts and responses, so you can see how @ChatGPT helps him perform better at work and improve his life—one conversation at a time. We talk about how he's using ChatGPT to: Buy a building. He wants to buy a New York City hangout for Gumroad employees and customers, so he asked ChatGPT to research the history of real estate in NYC, suggest which neighborhoods might be best to target, generate questions for brokers, and even detail what the design of a particular property might look like. Write tweets. Sahil is a prolific Twitter/X user. He often uses ChatGPT to help him flesh out an idea. He says, “I [start] with a tweet, which is like a thesis, and then I just say, ‘Add three to four paragraphs to make the point compelling—also suggest more examples.’” We explore his precise process for using ChatGPT to help him brainstorm short tweets and longer essays in this episode. Pressure-test ideas. For Sahil, ChatGPT is like upgrading his peripheral vision. It lets him see around the corners, ask better questions of himself and other people, and avoid poor decisions. He told me, “I think a lot of people sort of delude themselves into thinking they have [good ideas]… I think that one of the most useful things about [ChatGPT] is it focuses your research on what actually matters.” It’s the ultimate tool to help him think better. Also in this episode: how ChatGPT could have helped Sahil save $70 million, how he thinks it will improve the most-talented creatives, and why he thinks—in the age of AI—people have no excuse for not knowing the answer to something anymore. Watch below! ---- Timestamps Intro 0:33 There’s no more excuse for not knowing anymore 2:00 He doesn’t spend as much time on bad ideas 2:50 How ChatGPT will make the top 1% of creative output better 6:15 How it turbocharges research 8:20 How he’s using ChatGPT to buy a building 11:00 How he uses ChatGPT to pressure-test ideas 17:43 How he uses DALL-E to help with interior design 20:50 How ChatGPT could have saved him $70 million 26:00 How he uses ChatGPT in his decision-making 29:50 How he uses ChatGPT for writing 38:00