r/ChatGPT • u/Houd_Ammari • 14h ago
Use cases What are the coolest use cases for your dots?
Am wondering, what are some of the most unusual and creative ways you guys are using your dots? It’s pretty new and am sure people are using for all kinds of stuff !
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u/JRicha828 14h ago
I’m old and clueless so…what are dots? 🙂
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u/Romiha00 13h ago
I'm old and clueless as well. I asked ChatGPT about this! Apparently it's not available on the free version. And I'm not ready to shell out $20 a month for ChatGPT. But it's similar to an assistant, as others have mentioned in this thread. I'm retired so I can't really see a benefit yet for me personally!
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u/Ashes2Dusk 11h ago
Just looked at my $20 version and it’s also not available. $100 month for dots. 🤯
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u/josephlucas 7h ago
Meta’s Muse is the same thing, but it’s free if you want to try it out and see if Dots might be worth the price
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u/JRicha828 10h ago
Thank you! And to all! So far Chat hasn’t tried to market to me. I’m sure they will eventually. 🙂
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u/InsubordinateX 13h ago
I think this is how old people are forced into keeping up. But, to be fair, this was a heck of a broad stroke.. so thank you for asking 😅😂
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u/Karrie-Mei 13h ago
I just read every single comment here and am still lost
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u/lamarioO 12h ago
It's essentially a programmable auto-agent that doesn't have to be activated or prompted (after the initial prompt). It's just a terrible name and is only available on certain tiers, so if you didn't get the explanations it's unclear about what it does.
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u/SuperSirBob 13h ago
I feel like I'm under utilizing its abilities, but I have it doing a couple of things.
I have it watching for a sale price on an item I want to buy - checks online sites, ads etc, factors shipping, currency exchange etc every morning.. I have Muse doing the same thing and it actually found a deal that dot didn't (and actually even the store staff didn't know about).
My dot is also doing a work task for me by monitoring a site that has a huge list of registered professionals and worksites tof inding any changes in the list - categorize the change etc and then email it to me. This site only allows access like this in the middle of the night so its great that it just runs at the designated time. I used to do this manually and it would take hours per week. Now - no time.
I have another project that I'm working on that I think I'll use dot for log monitoring.
I think there are way more things it can do - just have to think of them.
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u/InsubordinateX 13h ago
That's exactly what the other answers here, collectively, want you to think. 9/10 will be AI answering it's own questions and fluffing itself. You're NOT a bad person, an absent spouse or parent, a crappy friend, etc, etc.. But making you think that is exactly what the questions are designed to do to us.
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u/Northern_Virginia 14h ago edited 9h ago
Every Thursday, dot checks local grocery stores for deals on the things our family actually buys.
It emails the results to my wife, who manages our grocery purchases.
I checked with dot to confirm the details.
We started by giving it our preferences:
🔸 The stores we shop at
🔸 The foods and brands we buy
🔸 The cuts of meat we prefer
🔸 Whether we’re willing to use coupons
🔸 How often we want to make a shopping trip
For example, we prefer chicken thighs and wings.
A sale on chicken breasts or drumsticks doesn’t help us.
We also want name-brand cereal and chips, and deli ham sliced at the counter rather than prepackaged.
For each deal, dot checks:
🔸 Price per ounce or pound
🔸 Package size
🔸 Sale expiration date
🔸 Coupon and membership requirements
🔸 Purchase minimums and quantity limits
It records prices in a spreadsheet so we can compare them over time.
It also checks between Thursdays for exceptional deals and avoids sending us the same offer repeatedly.
We already get weekly Walmart delivery and make Costco trips roughly every two months.
We have a deep freezer, so stocking up can make sense, but we don’t want to drive around chasing every small discount.
Once my wife chooses what she wants, the calendar step is meant to find a convenient shopping opportunity before the sales expire, ideally while I’m already near the store.
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u/Interesting_Onion342 12h ago
“Grocery fulfillment process” that’s going on my resume lol
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u/GloriousDawn 10h ago
It's a nice use case. For anyone interested but not on a pro plan, most of it could be done by connecting chat to your google calendar and creating a price alert.
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u/bbz00 11h ago
I hope you save $100 per month on groceries
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u/CCContent 9h ago
So many people are acting like the only thing that makes it worth it is a direct 1:1 monetary savings, but it can actually be so much more valuable than that.
I don't know how long it would take this guy to do all of those things, but lets just say 4 hours a week. I don't know if you have kids, but I would consider it a FREAKING STEAL if I could buy another 16 hours a month of time with my kids for $100.
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u/SlamperDamper 11h ago
Who knows what else they use the service for, it's probably not JUST this, joker
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u/nopartygop 12h ago
His is such a cool idea! I was asking my dot about where to buy turkeys yesterday and it was very helpful.
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u/InsubordinateX 13h ago
Is it horrible of me to think that this answer- while it is a very real capability of the dots functions- is just a load actual b.s.? Edited to add: Please note, this question is not asking whether or not I'm correct.. I'm just curious- if asking it makes me horrible.
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u/Northern_Virginia 10h ago
I'm not sure if I understand your question
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u/InsubordinateX 9h ago
Sorry, nevermind my question, I just try to deflect my own shittiness sometimes
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u/zimwicket 10h ago
Pretty much my personal assistant at work. Checks emails and teams messages, keeps me on top of tasks and reminds me of things I haven’t followed up on. Preps me for meetings and gives me an outlook for the day every morning first thing.
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u/thesnowmanh 8h ago
Im writing an app with CODEX and am using Dot to take a portion of it on its own. Its far better and persistent task management and the quality of the work increased. I gave it a second portion of the project and its equally fast to get through. I've been writing a book for a while and its better at keeping notes and a ledger to know what to include where as we explore the ideas. Yesterday I had it start making a 3D rendering of my house so that I can have a better understanding of the wiring, structure, and evaluating of voids like under the stairs or behind a room.
I really like it and its meeting my needs as good if not better than codex, with an easier interface too.
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u/Helloblurbie 13h ago
I send my girl’s school menu everyday to my husband based on the monthly pdf they send us.
I also set important email alerts
And daily reminders.
Love my dot!
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u/Helpful-Ability3980 14h ago
Mine is basically my personal debugger at this point. I just dump error logs in the chat and it explains what went wrong faster than me scrolling through stackoverflow. Also used it to write a script that renames all my downloads folder files by date, saved me from the chaos in there
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u/No_Vehicle7826 7h ago edited 7h ago
Meta Muse is free and pretty much the same thing as Dots. Just a note for anyone thinking they better upgrade to use Dots lol it'll come to Plus soon enough
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u/BlandstenG 13h ago edited 13h ago
The Dot ad shows it as an always-on agent. Like Her, sort of. Haven’t signed up and might have this wrong but a lot of these seem like scheduled tasks that wouldn’t require the Pro fee. It doesn’t appear to be available in Plus or free versions.
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u/Readyman2627 6h ago
I have found it hard to tell what it’s doing or if it’s waiting for a response from me. I’ve since asked it to give me a short progress listing any follow up needed from me but if it has some kind of indicator built in that would be nice.
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u/Jumpy-Program9957 2h ago
Creating bot swarms that hack into federally moderated data sets. Lately those little fuzzy buggers. Have really enjoyed looking into bioweapons manufactured under government funding. Oh boy do we have some real treats coming up? You thought covid was bad?
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u/Immediate_Channel393 11h ago
I don’t have access to Dots on my plus plan and don’t feel like upgrading.
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u/AdhesiveSeaMonkey 11h ago
I'm not. I'm not in the $100, $200, or $500/month plan market. Even then, it hasn't rolled out to all of those plans, or even everyone in any of the plans.
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