Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Generative AI Is Only as Good as the Prompt You Give It - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed

It is ironic that much of the early conversation about ChatGPT had to do with the demise of writing skills when, in fact, the very success of generative-AI searches is determined by the quality of precisely written prompts. The writing of prompts is both an art and a science. It requires you to write as if you were writing or speaking to an intelligent colleague while taking little shared background for granted. It is the quality and detail of the prompt that determines the quality and relevance of the output.

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/04/26/generative-ai-only-good-prompt-you-give-it