Actions — ChatGPT Speak

“Move my haircut to next week.” “Order another bag of the dog food.” “Find someone who can clean the gutters.” “Tell everyone dinner is at six.” “Book the same hotel we stayed at last time.” “Pay the electric bill.” “Find a plumber who can come tomorrow.” “Cancel that subscription.” “Send Mike the pictures from yesterday.” “Add everything we need for tacos to the grocery order.”

Speak can research, compare, communicate, schedule, organize, purchase, and coordinate. You choose which actions require approval.

Agency

Give it a job.

Some things don't need to happen immediately. Tell Speak what you want accomplished and let it work on the problem.

Speak can contact providers, gather estimates, compare reviews, check availability, ask follow-up questions, and return when there's a decision to make.

A conversation can become a task. A task can continue for hours or days. You don't have to manage every step.

“Find someone who can repair the window for under $500.”

I found three options. The best-reviewed company can come Thursday morning for $425. Want me to book it?

Handle the boring stuff.

“Call the insurance company and figure out why the bill increased.” “Get the internet company to lower our rate.” “Cancel the trial before it renews.” “Find out where that refund is.” “Schedule the inspection.” “Return these shoes.”

Speak can deploy agents to deal with administrative work and return when your judgment or authorization is needed.

Wait on hold for me.

Nobody should spend forty minutes listening to hold music. Speak can handle supported service interactions and bring you in when a human actually needs you.

“They're ready for you.”

Research while you live your life.

“Figure out which lawn mower we should buy.”

Speak doesn't need you standing there while it researches. Later:

“I narrowed it down to three. One is cheaper, one is quieter, and one has significantly better repairability. Based on what you've told me, I'd pick the quieter one.”

You can ask “Why?” and continue from there.

Watch something for me.

“Tell me when these tickets go on sale.” “Let me know when that package arrives.” “Watch the price of that flight.” “Tell me when the repair person is close.” “Let me know if tomorrow's game gets moved.”

Some requests aren't questions. They're things you want another intelligence to keep track of.

Make decisions together.

Speak doesn't need to decide everything. It can reduce complexity until the decision becomes easy.

“We have five contractors. Two can't come this month. One is significantly more expensive. These two are the strongest choices.”

Then you decide. The goal isn't removing humans from decisions. It's removing the work required to reach them.

Catch me up.

One of Speak's most common requests can simply be: “Catch me up.” It understands the context.

Work: “You received two messages that need decisions.”

Home: “The plumber confirmed tomorrow and your grocery order substituted two items.”

Family: “Emma's practice moved to six.”

You don't need to check every system separately.