Top 100 Use Cases of ChatGPT and Generative AI
This episode of AI & Business deep dives into the Harvard Business Review article “How People Are Really Using GenAI” by Marc Zao-Sanders. Marc’s article delves into the practical applications of generative AI (GenAI) based on real-world examples sourced from online forums like Reddit and Quora.
Here’s the entire list broken up into the six themes that Marc grouped them into.
Content Creation and Editing (23% of Top 100 Use Cases)
1. Generate ideas
4. Edit text
11. Draft emails
15. Adjust the tone of an email
20. Draft a document
26. Generate appraisals
27. Creativity
29. Generate legal doc
31. Draft formal letter
32. Write & edit cover letter
44. Edit legal doc
46. Reply to emails
58. Write job postings
68. Write social media copy
70. Realistic web copy
82. Edit video transcripts
88. Ad/marketing copy
91. Build a business plan
95. Write blog posts
96. Write a funding proposal
97. Write a press release
98. Edit digital images
Technical Assistance and Trouble Shooting (21% of Top 100 Use Cases)
7. Troubleshoot
14. Excel formulas
18. Language translation
19. Improve cod
30. Fix bugs in code
38. Code for amateurs
41. Explain legalese
47. Generate code
50. Rubber duck bugging
56. Data entry
63. Interpret song lyrics
66. Data manipulation
69. Translate code
71. With MS Office apps
72. Understand movie plots
77. Explain idioms
79. Suggest code libraries
85. Sample data
86. Technical use of software
90. Spot anomalies
94. Build an website/app
100. Project management
Personal and Professional Support (17% of Top 100 Use Cases)
2. Therapy/companionship
10. General advice
13. Write/edit CV/resume
21. Reconcile personal disputes
23. Make a complaint
28. Medical advice
45. Business advice
51. Negotiate a deal
53. Career advice
62. Safe space to ask
74. Track medical symptoms
75. Healthier living
81. Work buddy
83. Motivate me
92. Refine prompts
93. Helping entrepreneurs/startups
99. Plan workouts
Learning and Education (17% of Top 100 Use Cases)
5. Explore topics of interest
8. Enhance learning
9. Personalise learning
12. Simple explainers
22. Summarise content
35. Prepare for interviews
37. Knowledge checks
39. Meeting summaries
40. Clean up notes
49. Generate a lesson plan
54. Practice difficult conversations
67. Homework
76. Prepare for meetings
87. For people with ADHD
Hobbies and Recreation (13% of Top 100 Use Cases)
6. Fun & nonsense
24. Recommend movies, books, etc
25. Cook with what you have
33. Personalised kid’s story
34. Explain technical docs
43. Create holiday itinerary
61. Generate video
64. Dungeons & Dragons
65. Generate relevant images
73. Code for basic video game
78. UX / user story writing
80. Write poems
84. Packing for travel
Research, Analysis and Decision Making (13% of Top 100 Use Cases)
3. Specific search
16. Evaluate copy
17. Enhance decision-making
36. Critique & conterargument
42. Spot logical fallacies
52. Fact checker
55. See blind spots
57. Legal research
59. Strengthen an argument
60. Jump to the useful info