ChatGPT can write jokes, trivia questions, poems and stories. Here are some prompts to try for fun.

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Summary: This post explores fun ways to use ChatGPT, like generating story ideas or answering quirky questions, showing how AI can add a playful touch to everyday moments.


There are four categories of things I do the most with ChatGPT:

Check out the other posts for tips on using ChatGPT at home, work, or to learn, but now it’s time to have fun…

Have a bit of fun

Here’s the video version (3min):

Here are four prompt ideas to try (prompt text in bold), and how they turned out.

Create original jokes, like “write a joke about a man named Aaron”

ChatGPT prompt "write a joke about a man named Aaron" and its response

Create a list of trivia questions like, “write 10 trivia questions about Dawson’s Creek”

ChatGPT prompt "write 10 trivia questions about Dawson's Creek" and its response

Write poetry or song lyrics, like “write a song about Queen Netty who loves to dance”

ChatGPT prompt "write a song about Queen Netty who loves to dance" and its response

Write stories, like “write a story about four slugs who go on a roadtrip across America”

ChatGPT prompt "write a story about four slugs who go on a roadtrip across America" and its response

How have you been using ChatGPT to help you study, or learn about things? Any neat tricks you’ve found? I’d love to hear them!

So far there are four posts in this series, check out the others:

And relatedly: Should I use AI, given its concerning environmental impact?