Getting started with ChatGPT

In this book, we will use ChatGPT version 3.5. This chatbot is available for free and is trained on data up to January 2022. Newer versions are subscription-based paid services.

This version is sufficient for our purposes here, as LaTeX has a history spanning over 30 years and was well established by 2022, ensuring a substantial amount of available data.

With GPT-3.5, the maximum combined limit for input and output is 4,096 tokens. A token means a unit of text usually equivalent to a word, a subword, or a single character, so we may estimate about 3,000 words on average.

How to do it...

To get started, all you need is a web browser. Follow these steps:

1. Open the ChatGPT website at https://chat.openai.com.
2. If you don’t have an account, click on Sign up. Once your account is created, click on Log in.
3. You can use a Google or Gmail account, a Microsoft account, or an Apple ID for a quick sign-up. Alternatively, enter your email...