Using ChatGPT with Personalized Custom Data

Jul 2, 2024

Using ChatGPT with Personalized Custom Data

Introduction

  • Utilizing ChatGPT to organize and structure personal data.
  • Benefits of interacting with personalized data through ChatGPT.

Examples of Usage

  • Internship Companies: Ask ChatGPT to describe companies worked at during internships.
    • Answer: Microsoft, Microsystems, and Juniper Networks.
    • Provides additional information about these companies.
  • Appointments: Ask about the last dentist appointment.
    • Answer: April 11, 2023, for a filling.
  • Family Schedule: Ask about parents' trip dates.
    • Answer: November 4-22.
  • Social Media: Summarize Twitter feed.
    • Summarizes various tweets into easy-to-digest bullet points.
  • Articles: Summarize long web articles.
    • Summaries in bullet format are provided.
  • Custom Data Usage: Ingest and query various personal data like books, diaries, research papers, etc.

Technical Implementation

  • Creating a personal ChatGPT bot using LangChain library.
  • Steps:
    1. Install LangChain and OpenAI libraries.
    2. Obtain an OpenAI API key.
    3. Use LangChain to load and vectorize data for querying.

Coding Example

  • Set up a Python file with required imports and API keys.
  • Basic usage to query personal data by feeding a local text file.
  • Can ingest entire directories of text data.

Enhancements

  • Merging personalized data with general LLM context for comprehensive answers.
    • For example, knowing both company details and historical figures like George Washington.
  • Privacy Concerns:
    • OpenAI's policies on data use and retention.
    • Potential privacy issues with plugins.
  • Azure OpenAI API for potentially better data privacy.

Practical Applications

  • Analyzing and summarizing code.
    • Write and debug functions based on contextual code provided.
  • Customer review summaries for businesses.
    • Feeding customer reviews to generate concise summaries.
  • Handling large data patterns and sequences.

Conclusion

  • Powerful tool for extending ChatGPT capabilities with custom data.
  • Numerous potential applications across personal and professional use cases.
  • Potential for more personalized and contextually rich interactions.

Additional Resources

  • TechInterviewPro.com for interview coaching.