Hello,
As an avid ChatGPT user, I have created my own GPT version that respects JLPT levels and Wanikani content. It is intended to reinforce what we practice with WK but also adds grammar points. I have practiced with it for a few days and like the personal approach.
If you like it and if you use ChatGPT too, you may want to try it here:
Please let me know what you think.
Kind regards,
Dunsany
This looks really cool! But can you say more about how you created your own GPT to consider JLPT level and Wanikani content? I use Chat GPT every day it seems, but I have never tried to personalize it. How is this different from using the vanilla version and asking for some help with Japanese?
This is the stuff that makes me super SUS about these things. Like they could have just told the AI âimport all JLPT words and WK and make a practice chat botâ while ChatGPT just said âokâ and didnât actually do anything.
Itâs actually very easy and does not require any special skill. I have a subscription and was using the website.
On the website, find the âcustomize GPTâ or similar button. You will find a split screen: left is a form where you can enter name and details of your GPT and right is a demo prompt to try out.
Besides name, images etc you can add a 8000 character long prompt which describes hier the gpt should behave. In my case, I described the three modi for practicing in detail and how WK words should be priorized. I also told GPT to ask for the users level. The prompt is literally a kind of static prompt: whenever you make a new question, this is loaded first.
The second aspect is data. One can load Kanji and vocab from WK to text files and store them in the GPT. I also stored grammar notes and overview for JLPT there.
GPT combines the knowledge from the docs with the instructions.
I already saw that I need some more info: a friend practiced with kanji stroke order and saw that this was not taught correctly by my version. I would need to create a doc which shows the correct stroke orders.
Still, hallucinations are a thing I assume but for beginners like me who want to activate their vocab it might be good.
In my opinion, the gpt marketplace is overrated, since you can customize so easily
Cheers
This isnât a criticism of your GPT but I donât see why I couldnât just say "letâs practice Japanese conversation at a (CERF level of choice) level.
Criticism is good, I am not too passionate about this. I didnât tell the GPT about CERF (I donât even know what it is, I have to search for it). Probably thatâs the reason. For me it worked well with writing âlet practice, I am at WK Level 12 and my JLPT level is 5â.
I understand more and more that these custom GPTs should be optimized for a single person, so you might be able to copy the GPT and adjust it to your needs. Thatâs what I will do moving forward with this.
If you canât copy the GPT directly I can provide you the prompts I have been using, in case you are interested
