How to write better ChatGPT prompts (and this applies to most other text-based AIs, too)
There’s an art to writing effective prompts to getting the results you want from your friendly neighborhood AI. Here’s how to up your prompt-writing game.
1. Talk to the AI like you would talk to a person
2. Set the stage and provide context
3. Tell the AI to assume an identity or profession
“More prompt-writing tips
- Feel free to re-ask the question. ChatGPT will often change its answer with each ask.
- Make small changes to your prompts to guide it into giving you a better answer.
- ChatGPT will retain its awareness of previous conversations as long as the current page is open. If you leave that page, it will lose awareness. To be clear, ChatGPT will also sometimes lose the thread of the conversation “just because,” so be aware you may need to start over from time to time.
- Similarly, opening a new page will start the discussion with fresh responses.
- Answers over about 500 words sometimes break down. Be sure to specify the length of the response you want.
- You can correct and clarify prompts based on how the AI answered previously. If it’s misinterpreting you, you may be able to just tell it what it missed and continue on.
- Rephrase questions if it doesn’t want to answer what you’re asking. Use personas to elicit answers that it might not otherwise want to give.
- If you want sources cited, tell it to support or justify its answers.
- Keep experimenting.
- Sometimes ChatGPT just fails. Keep trying, but also be willing to give up and move onto other tools. It’s not perfect…yet.
What type of prompts work best with ChatGPT?”
What do I do if ChatGPT refuses to answer or I don’t like its answer?
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