Ben's Journal: gptel: Mindblowing integration between Emacs and ChatGPT

ChatGPT and its LLM brethren have been a potent source of FOMO: the AI revolution is happening, and I feel like I'm forever late to the party. After getting comfortable with OpenAI's web interface and coding my own command line tool, I figured it was time to complete the trilogy by integrating an LLM AI into Emacs.

As with many topics, there were a number of available Emacs packages, and it wasn't immediately obvious which was 'the best.' And then I watched this (to me) blandly named YouTube video: Every LLM in Emacs, with gptel and was hooked.

This 17 minute video blew my mind. If you're remotely interested in emacs and LLMs, stop reading this post and go watch this video. Heck, watch it a couple of times. In it, the gptel package developer goes through the why and how of gptel, and demonstrates some next-level uses of this package.

So gptel is my answer for adding them magic of ChatGPT to Emacs. gptel can be used both interactively and programmatically. I've found the former capability let's me have a running conversation with an 'assistant.' I can get answers to coding, writing or any other question on my mind without having to leave Emacs. Score.

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