A war or a match its ChatGPI vs Google Search. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have made significant strides in natural language processing and text generation. One example of this is ChatGPT, an open-source version of the GPT language model developed by [https://openai.com/]OpenAI[/https://openai.com/]. But as ChatGPT and other AI language models continue to advance, some people have begun to wonder: could they eventually replace traditional search engines like Google? In this post, we’ll explore the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT and consider the possibility of it or other AI systems replacing search engines in the future.

ChatGPT is not a search engine and is not designed to replace Google Search or any other search engine. Instead, ChatGPT is a tool that can be used to generate natural language text based on a given input. It can be used for a variety of purposes, such as language translation, text summarization, and conversation generation, but it is not intended to be a replacement for search engines.

This article was culled from https://alabiansolutions.com/blog/will-chatgpt-replace-google-search/

Alabian Solutions Ltd is giving scholarship to learn either Android App Development(3) or Digital Marketing(2) at their Academy this January. The training will be starting next week by 26th.

All you have to do is either follow us on Twitter or Instagram and check our post on 25th January for those chosen. View our tweet on Twitter or post on Instagram for more information

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Taking a decision to learn how to code is a huge leap for anybody. It entails understanding technology in a new way, mastering new language and tools, learning how to think logically, and becoming more adaptive and responsive to problem-solving. You will learn valuable skills, improve your career options, and even develop your personal life.

As much as the benefits of learning to code are indisputable, the truth is that the progress itself (and no doubt, it’s a long process) is challenging and could be sometimes frustrating. As a beginner to programming, at first, you are earnest and enthusiastic, paying attention to your first tutorials and seeking out ‘beginner’s recipes’ from websites. As you pass the initial stages and begin dealing with variables, loops, and functions, the abstract nature of what you’re doing i.e not being readily able to see how your work is being executed in the front end, can be frustrating, particularly if you’re a highly visual person. You may at this point become a little anxious about whether you really can do it and may take a few days off to ‘clear your head’. For some, a few days translate to a few weeks and a few months. When and if you eventually get back, you may feel too detached from the context of programming for it to hold any strong attraction for you anymore and you might quit altogether.

Most beginners often undergo similar experiences as illustrated above. However, once you learn how to overcome certain challenges which are highlighted below, you will enjoy the learning experience much more, make progress faster, become more enduring when faced with future difficulties and become more independent when writing your own code. These challenges are:

Your motivation, and its sustainability, is a very important factor in all learning processes. Most beginners learn programming just for the sake of it or because they heard a career in it pays well. Even for those who simply just like the idea, when things get tough and the learning experience becomes hard and painful, they often are sorely tempted to give up. Instead, learn programming because you want to solve a problem or improve your life. Aspire to build/improve apps that will help people and increase efficiency.

Not Planning Your Learning Process
After knowing why you want to learn to code and whether that motivation is sustainable, choose the correct tools and resources to help you achieve your aim. Lots of beginners say, ‘I don’t know which programming language I should learn first’. Well that’s because they do not really know why they want to learn to code. Nowadays, JavaSxript is used to build any type of project, from simple web and mobile apps to advanced hardware projects. If you’re still unsure of which language to learn, ask an experienced programmer for advice. Also bear in mind that most of the knowledge learned from one programming language is transferable so at this stage, you run little risk of wasting your time.

Not Knowing How To Approach A Task
Sometimes you may not know where to start and may be unable to solve a task properly. This may be because you don’t really have a firm understanding of the theory of a language, how an API or library works, how the system works or even the programming paradigms. It is best to read the theory again and find someone to explain it well to you. The task might be too big and needs to be broken down into smaller tasks, but you didn’t understand this because you overlooked certain concepts.

Impatience With Debugging
The most common problem for programmers of all experience levels is when they solve a task and it doesn’t work because there’s a bug in the code. Debugging is one of the most important skills a programmer must learn. However, lots of beginners get overwhelmed and lose motivation here. They feel that too much time is spent debuggng code. Nonetheless, they must see it as am opportunity to improve their programming abilities and fix their misconceptions. It helps to ask ‘Why Did I make this mistake and how can I prevent myself from making the same mistake in the future?’

Not Understanding Preferred Solutions
In your learning process, you’ll consult a lot of resource materials: books, courses, tutorials, developer communities, etc. It is easy to take a solution to a problem proffered on any of these platforms. It’s trustworthy, it works, but do you understand the thought process behind it and how the concept fits into the bigger picture? You should learn from it and apply it yourself the next time you face a similar problem. Good programming practices include forming good habits to help you get unstuck from any kind of coding problem.

How Do You Deal With These Challenges?
Be patient. Programming is an in-demand skill but you won’t master it in a few months, never mind that some training courses promise you will. It takes time (years) to internalize and understand code. You must continuously apply and improve your skills to become any good.

Take a break when you need it. All experts were once beginners. No one was born a coder. When it gets frustrating and overwhelming, Amanda Bates, a senior developer says ‘Don’t lose hope. Walk away a bit, relax, and come back with a fresher perspective’.

Be disciplined. Motivation is fleeting but discipline is more reliable. Some days, you may not be in the mood to get things done and that’s perfectly normal. But try to get in an hour or two of work. It will help you get more closer to your goal.

Don’t Give Up. This is the whole essence of this article. You’ll want to quit more than once, but dig in and don’t give up. Use the problems you experience as ladder rungs to ascend to greater skills as a developer. Get support from other coders and experts in online communities.

https://alabiansolutions.com/blog/why-most-beginners-quit-programming/

My firm Alabian Solutions Ltd a member of Nigeria Institute of Training and Development has released her training calendar for 2021. View it at https://alabiansolutions.com/document/training-calendar-2021.pdf In case any of the training interests you pls drop a comment.

Attached the logo of Nigeria @60 recreated by Student of our Computer Graphics Training. Let have a gentle criticism of their work please.

Love when i see good stuff coming out of 9ja.

Starting Wednesday next week (10th June 2020) by 3 pm

The training will be online conducted via Zoom

Participants will be encouraged to join the training using their Laptop as the session will be intensive

The Java Programming Classes are absolutely free.

You can get more info at https:///2Xu8zbu

ABOUT THE TRAINING
This FREE Frontend Development Training is organised by Alabian Solutions Limited. It is a practical oriented and gives you the same feel as a real-life classroom. There will be a tutor lead section, class coding session and a project section. Every student will be expected to build a mobile responsive website and a JavaScript powered Web App. All graduand will benefit from free consultation service from Alabian Solutions Ltd.

Training Details

Time: 10am - 2pm
Duration: 6weeks
Date: 21st May'20 - 3rd Jul'20
Venue: Zoom (registered student will get class link)
Fee: FREE

Register online at https://alabiansolutions.com/frontend-development/?source=nairaland

Who is going to fix it
He hails from the creeks in the Delta of the Niger
Knew what it was to be poor
His famous speech of no shoe as a kid is still in our memory
But corruption was the order of the day

Who is going to fix it
If no solution in the south, we set the compass north
A warrior, he is and he bores the scar of war
An anti-corruption czar we saw
But the general could not shield us from javelin of marauders

Want to learn Python(Django), JavaScript(React, NodeJS), Java(Android) or even PHP.
You don't need to spend all your allawee and even borrow join to learn how to code.
Class starts 15th July, please share with a friend you dont know if he/she needs this.

I will want you to try out the Software Development Training using Python programming language at Alabian Solutions check out their website at https://alabiansolutions.com/python-development-training/

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a Software Engineer and thrive in the field? This is an exclusive AskMeAnything session to give you a chance to ask every question you’ve ever had, with experienced professionals in the field.

Join us 15th June 2019 and let have a chat with two of our ex-students (Alabian Solutions Ltd) presently working in the industry. Chidimma Juliet Ezekwe(Andela) & Kehinde Onyekuwuluje(Zinox) will share their exciting journey towards becoming professional Software Engineers in the top technology firms in the country.

They will provide attendees with insights from training to tools, mentors, handling conflict, framework for engineers and overcoming the fears of coding. They will also talk about acing interview programs for Software Engineers and the requirements to thrive in the industry as you strive to become a world-class Engineer.

This event is free to attend. Join us for a fun afternoon! For more details about the event, register online at http:///ameetup

VENUE
12 Olu Akerele Street
off Kofoworola Cr
off Obafemi Awolowo Road
Balogun Bustop
Ikeja, Lagos

DATE & TIME
9am
Saturday 15th June 2019

If the information in the image does not make sense. Let explain in plain English. A Git 101 Tutorial
Date: 12th January 2019
Time: 10am to 5pm
Venue: Alabian Solutions Ltd
12 Olu Akerele Str
off Kofoworola Cr
off Obafemi Awolowo Way Ikeja.
Fee: Free for our ex-students while non-students just a BOTTLE OF BEER ( 0% alcohol )

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Just thinking if this job is for frontend development why ASP.NET MVC and REST APIs

when and where is the training taking place

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Full Disclosure, I manage a firm that offers training in Digital Marketing and other Web Technologies. As a firm we have stopped using the traditional media for marketing about 3 years ago. We are on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Our marketing activities is centered around SEO, Digital Advertising and some others

SEO
We show up on page one of Google for keyword related to our business,
'Where to learn Digital Marketing in Nigeria'
'Advanced Excel Training in Nigeria'
'Web Design Training in Nigeria'

PPC
We run advert on Facebook, Twitter, Nairaland, Google AdWords, LinkedIn, Instagram, BBM Channels etc
Unfortunately, except for Nairaland, the other marketing channels we use collect only Dollar. The falling value of Naira against the Dollar was a major concern for us as a business. Our margin was reducing because of the depreciating value of Naira. A campaign that would cost us $100 for about N20,000 at the start of the year now goes for over N40,000. As a result, our advertising cost rose by 100% but our revenue per student was not increasing at same rate.

THE SOLUTIONS
To run our business in a profitable manner we had to be more creative in our advertising. What did we do to stay afloat?
Buyer Personae
We needed to study our prospective client very well to know when they are online and what they do online. Developing an effective buyer persona helped us know when our prospective clients are most likely to be online, the kind of website they will mostly visit, the kind of device they were using etc. These help us to effectively target our prospective client and weed out those that were just clicking our dollar away.
Facebook Retargeting Advert
Using Facebook Retargeting feature, we were able to show our advert to people who have been to our website within the last 30 days, visited some specific pages on our website or perform some specific action on our website while they are on Facebook. This help us to show our advert to people that are really interested in our training
Google AdWords Remarketing Advert
Google AdWords Remarketing is equivalent to Facebook Retargeting on Google AdWords Advertising Space. Since Google AdWords Space is estimated to be over 80% of internet reach, this made Remarketing more awesome.
LinkedIn Decision Makers Targeting Advert
For this solution (LinkedIn Decision Makers Targeting Advert), and other tips of running an effective digital marketing campaign in this era of dollar scarcity, please join my next Intensive 3 Days Workshop on Online Marketing & Digital Advertising or call me on 08034265103

With these in place we have been able to stay afloat, pay our bills and even make our stakeholders happy.

Please let us have your thought on this write up

If what you want to learn is web programming using JavaScript, jQuery, PHP and MySQL then I can be of help. But for you to learn these technology it will be assumed that you have knowledge of HTML and CSS, Bootstrap will be cool too and advantageous. You can contact me via 08034265103

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