Summarizing data with OpenAI

You can also use OpenAI GPT models to summarize data. Numerous databases feature free text fields that comprise entries from a diverse array of sources, including survey results, physician notes, feedback forms, and comments regarding incident reports for the FAA Wildlife Strike database that we have used in this book. These text entry fields represent a wide range of content, from structured data to unstructured data, making it challenging to extract meaning from them without the assistance of sophisticated natural language processing tools.

The Remarks field of the FAA Wildlife Strike database contains text that was presumably entered by people involved in filling out incident forms about aircraft striking wildlife. A few examples of the remarks for recent entries are shown in Power BI in the following screenshot:

Figure 12.6 – Examples of remarks from the FAA Wildlife Strike database

You will notice that the remarks...