Preface

What if this book was written by artificial intelligence? Would you read it? I hope so because parts of it were. Yes, GPT-3 was used to create parts of this book. It's a bit meta I know, a book about GPT-3 written by GPT-3. But creating content is one of the many great uses for GPT-3. So why not? Also, for me, content generation was the use case that most piqued my interest. I wondered if GPT-3 could be used in a product I was working on to automate the generation of technical learning material.

You probably also have a specific reason why you're interested in GPT-3. Perhaps it's intellectual curiosity. Or maybe you have an idea that you think GPT-3 can enable. You've likely seen online demos of GPT-3 generating content, writing code, penning poetry, or something else, and you're wondering if GPT-3 could be used for an idea you have. If so, this book was written specifically for you.

My goal for this book is to provide a practical resource to help you get started with GPT-3, as quickly as possible, without any required technical background. That said, as I write this, GPT-3 is still in private beta. So, everyone is learning as they go. But the one thing I've learned for sure is that the possible applications for GPT-3 are vast and there is no way to know all of what's possible, let alone get it into a book. So, I hope this book makes getting started easy, but I also hope it's just the beginning of your journey Exploring GPT-3