ChatGPT use declines as users complain about ‘dumber’ answers, and the reason might be AI’s biggest threat for the future::AI for the smart guy?

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    1 year ago

    So what are the fundamentals in prompt engineering?

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      11 months ago

      It’s impossible for me to comprehensively summarise in a comment because everyone has different use cases.

      Personally, every new ‘project’ of mine requires a new chat. I first teach chatgpt-4 who I am, what I do, and how I want gpt-4 to assist me. Then I ask it to generate a project profile and to analyse documents using plugins.

      The key is to work step-by-step and develop a string of prompts. Once I’m happy gpt-4 understands the project, I ask it to draft an overview/outline using headings and subheadings.

      Lastly, I work on each section individually, ‘filling in’ the actual content. Then I edit and ask it to review problematic sections.

      Most people, as far as I can tell, seem to think it’s a single ask-and-answer process. It’s not. I often need to draft about 10 prompts – about 3000 words – in order to generate one 10 page document.

      I think the most important fundamental is to use templates. Pro tip: use gpt-4 to teach you how to develop your prompt templates.

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        1 year ago

        Please tell me more about document analysis plugins. This workflow is so much more tooled to using GPT for work projects.

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        1 year ago

        Sounds like you spend all day talking to a robot and then copy/paste it’s final output.
        When you eventually pass these 10 page documents down the line do you cite your source?

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        1 year ago

        How long on average would you say it takes to generate your prompt template for a project?

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        1 year ago

        Do you have an anonymized example of one of these templates? I’m curious to see what they may look like.

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        1 year ago

        This is exactly how I use it. It seems that some people can’t figure this out by themselves.