What do you like best about Census GPT?
One of my clients wanted to better understand, analyze and list out basic demographic data in a few key market regions across the U.S. Obviously the U.S. Census has that info, but parsing through that data on the .gov site is a pain. I did some investigation and found Census GPT and was intrigued. It has a lot of promise, but also needs some fine tuning.
First the good stuff: As its name implies, it uses models like GPT-3 to understand my questions about census and demographic stuff. It digs into its collection of public data from places like the U.S. Census Bureau and FBI Crime Data to come up with a personalized answer for you. I was able to quickly find MOST of what my client wanted.
The best part was its accessibility: You just type your questions like you normally would in ChatGPT so you no longer have to use all those queries and shortcuts on the census website. It's even pretty good, surprisingly, at understanding complicated questions with conditions, comparisons, and other fancy stuff. For example, I added in layers of demographics on top of gender, location and economic data and it understood me.
I also like that Census GPT looks at the bigger picture to give you the most fitting responses. I'd say it was accurate for understanding and sharing the data I wanted about 95% of the time.
And that was key, getting the facts right. Since it only uses solid government data that gets updated regularly, I had a lot of confidence in what it was telling .e
Oh and it's fast! I didn't have to wait long between queries. It reminded me of the standard ChatGPT bot in terms of response times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Census GPT?
I didn't love the lack of customer support. I get that it's a beta product, and at a very early stage at that. However, if you want to give them feedback on what needs to change or be updated, you have to go through cumbersome channels and steps, like setting up a Discord account to access their Discord channel. This is clearly for early adopters. Similarly for an early adoption stage product, there are absolutely no integrations. I'd love to have some access to the API, etc., or even sync this up with apps like Slack, but I'm sure that'll come once they get enough reviews and feedback from other early adopters so they can show their dev team the use cases and what's needed from us. Not so much a big con, but just some things you should know! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.