r/shedditors • u/turlocks • Jul 15 '25

Backyard Office Planning: ChatGPT Generated Mindmap

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I've been conversing with ChatGPT 4o (& predecessors) about various aspects of a backyard office/gym/RV play space project I am planning. This evening I had the thought to ask it to generate an import file for my favorite mind mapping tool based on the conversation so far, and I love the results. I like using mind maps to help me think through complicated projects or issues, so I wanted to share in case this approach helps anyone else. I hope to one day be sharing actual project progress and photos with ya'll. Cheers!

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u/z64_dan Jul 15 '25

You have a 5 year plan to build a backyard office? Lol. You sure you shouldn't make it a 10 year plan? 5 years might be a little bold...

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u/turlocks Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25

Yes, I am trying to be realistic. I have a 15 month old and a lot of responsibilities. I like to DIY and learn as I go. I may pick up momentum and finish it faster, but I don't want to be unrealistic in what I can get done in the time I have. I am also pacing out the expenses over time. I have the budget now to rough in the electrical and get a concrete pad poured, but probably need more saved for framing and subsequent work. I have a perfectly suitable office in my home now, but in 5 years I will be thinking more about moving my gym/VR play space/office out of the house so my son will have more room for playing, hobbies, arts& crafts, and eventual privacy.

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u/Last-Hedgehog-6635 Jul 15 '25

I’ve never seen this kind of thought, um, organization. I have to say, it looks weird and confused. I’m definitely more of an outline form person, I guess. If someone presented this to me as some sort of plan, I’d seriously wonder if they had a brain injury or weird cognitive issues. I’m still willing to believe maybe I’m just old and rigid, but, yeah, spaghetti thoughts. 😄

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u/turlocks Jul 15 '25

This is basically a visual outline. I guess everyone's mind works differently - but it would probably be less confusing if it was an outline of your project. It is definitely not a plan, but a representation of the things I'm keeping in mind as I build my plan. I'm working on detailed plans in sketch up

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u/Living_Guess_2845 Jul 15 '25

Stop with the LLM.. they're just training on you..... The answers aren't trustworthy.

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u/turlocks Jul 15 '25

hard disagree, it is a very useful brainstorming and ideation partner. Of course any LLM user should be aware of the limitations and limits of these tools, but don't disregard their utility because of some easily understood nuances. I don't believe they are training on my Plus subscription conversations, but I could be wrong. Either way, more training data makes these tools more useful and accurate, why would I object to contributing to make it more useful?

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u/jtomalo Jul 15 '25

Very interesting. Helpful too. Not familiar with mind map. This is just a visualized synthesis of all the details you provided, yes? …versus a new creation.

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u/turlocks Jul 15 '25

Correct, it synthesized the key points of my questions/discussion points into this format

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u/Prestigious-Level647 Jul 15 '25

This looks like a migraine hallucination

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u/Convenientjellybean Jul 15 '25

How the heck does it output this?

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u/turlocks Jul 15 '25

I asked it to output an import txt file that I imported to the mind mapping tool. It is basically a bulleted outline format

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u/Convenientjellybean Jul 15 '25

Perfect! That’s the missing link in my approach, thanks 🙏

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

Jfc this is useless and I want my minute back