An Aahaaa Moment with Bard and Chat GPT.
I have been occasionally experimenting with AI for the last few months with varying levels of success. At first I thought wow! This is fantastic the AI can just write for me.
Then, on closer examination of the writing, I could see that there was much repition and the output wasn't particularly natural. It was kind of robotic (surprise surprise) and written in a unnatural stye.
The Aha Moment
Yesterday however, after a few back and forths Bard produced a mini review of a product that I really liked the style of. Instead of asking Bard to replicate it I typed "this is exactly what I'm looking for", "what instructions do I need to give you to get reviews of products just like that from now on"
Bard told told me to give these instructions from now on.
- Use simple and concise language that is easy to understand for a general audience.
- Avoid using jargon or technical terms that may not be familiar to my readers.
- Use active voice and strong verbs to make your writing more engaging.
- Break up long sentences into shorter ones to improve readability.
- Use bullet points or numbering to organize your information in a clear and concise way.
- Use examples and anecdotes to illustrate your points and make your writing more relatable.
- Use a conversational tone that is friendly and approachable.
- Avoid using clichés or overused phrases.
- Proofread your work carefully to ensure that it is free of errors.
Of course I also copy and paste my prompt from Jay's videos " you are writing for a blog about ........ your style is ...... etc".
But even just putting - you are writing for a blog about *****. Then adding those above instructions does the job very well.
The Real Aha
The real Aha is that rather than treating AI as something to just give instructions to, I now ask it how I should instruct. e.g. - What do you need from me to do X?
So instead of guessing what instruction I need to give, I ask "What instructions do I need to give you to get X writing style" or "to get this output."
I think they key is to treat AI as a mentor assistant. They literally know everything so ask away.
e.g. How do I do this? What do I need to do to get xxx result?
Maybe this was covered in videos on here before but the penny didn't particularly drop until now.
Anyway I hope that may be of help to others.
Thanks.
P.S. I also tried it with Chat GPT and the results were just as good.
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Very helpful information, Rob. Thank you.
I haven't got off the ground floor yet with AI, the main reason being that I haven't known the correct way to ask questions.
Just have a play and don't worry about the initial output it produces. Then keep asking for tweaks.
Or tell it what you want to do.
I want to do this thing can you help? What information do you need from me to do this thing ? What is the best way to go about doing this thing? What steps should I take to do this thing?
It can you give you instructions and insights too. You don't need to fully know about something to start. Use it a s a learning tool too.
Imagine that you are in a brand new job and know nothing. You now have this machine that can help you learn what to do. So ask it anything you need to know. That's pretty much it.
Great info,
Yes I see Bard and ChatGPT As a big encyclopedie, just ask and think before you ask, which result do you need and creatively ask with a few constraints .
But you ask Bard to write a review for your website?
Or for others website?
A ok, thank you Rob 😀
Just to undersyand things right.
Than I could apply thst too.
Have a great day.
Lovely piece of info.
I usually use the 1st and 4th bullet when instructing AI. But I tend to edit a lot where it doesn’t sound natural. I think I am going to try the other bullets and do a bit of experimenting myself 🙂
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Thank you for your aha moment ... very interesting post on how to use the AI bots ... have a great day ... cheers ... Michel