The user was generally satisfied with the recommendations provided by ChatGPT, despite the AI suggesting a podcast that already existed in the user's OPML file. The experiment demonstrated that ChatGPT could be a useful tool for generating personalized podcast recommendations.
Key takeaways:
- The author used ChatGPT to generate podcast recommendations based on their current subscriptions, which were provided in an OPML file.
- ChatGPT is aware of the OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) format, which is an XML-based file format used for creating outlines of information and is commonly used for exchanging lists of web feeds between web feed aggregators or between feed aggregators and podcasting clients.
- Based on the author's current subscriptions, ChatGPT suggested a variety of podcasts covering a wide range of topics, from science and psychology to storytelling and current events.
- Despite recommending one podcast that was already in the author's OPML file, the author was pleased with the quality of the recommendations provided by ChatGPT.