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🏴☠️ 7 Rookie Mistakes with ChatGPT
Don't Waste ChatGPT's Potential
Captain YAR
May 04, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
The average person treats ChatGPT like a fancy search.
But real innovators leverage this AI's open-ended potential for visionary world-building.
True AI mastery demands bold, unconventional tactics.
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Mistake #1: Overloading with Complex Queries
Asking too many or overly complex questions at once can confuse the model and lead to less coherent responses. Stay focused, iterate, and ask follow-up questions.
Mistake #2: Not Providing Enough Context
ChatGPT performs best when provided with clear and concise context. Failing to provide enough information can result in irrelevant or inaccurate responses. Tell it more!
Mistake #3: Misunderstanding Limitations
ChatGPT has limited knowledge and understanding, especially regarding real-time events or highly technical subjects beyond its training data.
Mistake #4: Blindly Trusting Outputs
ChatGPT can generate plausible-sounding but incorrect or biased information. Its outputs should be fact-checked.
Mistake #5: Not Utilizing Prompts Effectively
Crafting clear and specific prompts enhances the quality of responses. Vague or ambiguous prompts may lead to less relevant or helpful answers. Be specific.
Mistake #6: Not Iterating
When crafting your prompts and beginning to test them, don't just give up if the initial output doesn't meet your expectations. Minor adjustments can often significantly improve the results. On average, try a prompt 3-5 times before settling on the output.
Mistake #7: Using One-liners
There’s nothing wrong with one-line prompts. About 50-70% of users are happy with one-line prompts. If you require very specific outputs (such as a blog post, a YouTube script, a content calendar, etc.) and you’re producing these consistently, then your best approach is to develop your reusable template.
Try these prompts for ChatGPT👇
Prompt 1 - Add context:
My goal is [put your goal here].
[My limitations are..]
Your task is [to ask me 10 hard question exposing the risks]
Prompt 2 - Create your own template:
Imagine you’re [assign desired role].
Your task is [define the task].
Output in [table, list, essay].
Prompt 3 - Understand anyting: Explain the concept of [complex stuff] in simple terms a 10-year-old could understand.
Use ChatGPT's disruptive prowess with mad prompts like:
"Design a blockchain-powered education model replacing grades with tokenized skill badges."
"Create a sustainable power grid meshing solar nanotech with reforestation drones."
"Devise an AI Constitution safeguarding humanity's rights as we co-evolve with brilliant machines."
Stop settling for obvious answers it already knows. Dare ChatGPT to illuminate the unknown. That's when the real mind-expanding magic happens.
Results of these prompts👇
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Set sail,
Captain Yar