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Artificial Intelligence: A Beginner's Guide

Beginning information about artificial intelligence and how to use it effectively.

Prompts & Prompt Engineering

A Prompt is a statement or question that requests a response from an AI model.
Prompt Engineering is the ability to design and refine prompts to effectively communicate with AI models. 

Types of Prompts

  • Explanatory: What are the rules of boxing?
  • Customized: Can you provide me with a list of five books on chess?
  • Guidance:I have an audition for the role of Hamlet? What are five things I should know to focus on the character?
  • Step by step: What are the steps for building a website?
  • Evaluation: Here is my cover letter. Can you provide feedback on ways I can improve it?
  • Follow up: Please put those instruction in bullet points.

Source: The CHATGPT Revolution: How to Simplify Your Work and Life Admin with ai. (p. 49)

Three Stages of a Conversation with AI

  1. Preparation: Be specific what you want.
  2. Interaction: Control your conversation with AI.
  3. Continuation: Challenge the output by asking questions.