In the one serious blog in this group, I gave GPT4 an 18-page article by ZELIKOW on Policymaking (history and theory). I then asked it to apply Zelidow's ideas to some problems in health policy. That is, the Zelikow article is "A", and the problem list in health policy is "B," and GPT4 creates a new thing by applying them together ("C").
ZELIKOW APPLIED TO HEALTH POLICY
I also did a 2 minute video on the above
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Everything else is a variably serious or crazy or tongue in cheek to see what would happen. I find that asking GPT4 to summarize a (fictional) PhD thesis on "Topic ABC" is often a nice entry point.
GPT4 PhD - Compares Charles Dickens and Mark Twain
Here's a much more elaborate version of Dickens/Twain PhD, taking the candidate through her PhD orals and to a first job interview at a different college.
GPT4 PhD - Helps Candidate with PhD Thesis, PhD Defense, First Job Interviews
GPT4 PhD - Compares 1860s "Reconstruction" to 1945 Denazification in Germany
GPT4 PhD - Compares Economists Joseph Schumpter ("Creative Destruction") and Oswald Spengler ("Decline of the West")
GPT4 Helps Me Write an Analysis of the 2012 Film, FRANCES HA.
GPT4 Gives Crazy MBA Students Advice on Their Harebrained Plans
GPT4 Reviews the Crazy-Long Wikipedia Article about Tic Tac Toe
GPT4 Gives Hour-long Discourse and Dialog on Diverse History and Society Topics ("My Dinner with GPT4")
The last one runs 10,000 words which would read aloud at 60-80 minutes.
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Less interesting, and more of a too-easy circus trick, Shakespeare bakes cookies, uses a Roomba, botches TikTok, etc.
