When chatting with an AI like ChatGPT, do you often hear a word - prompt? So what exactly is it? What is it for? This article tells you the answer in the simplest language.
1. The essence of prompts: What you say is the prompt word
"Prompt words" are actually very simple, they are what you say and give to the AI.
It's like you say to a friend,
- "Help me write a love letter."
- "Explain what a black hole is."
- "Please generate a cartoon-style cat picture."
These requests or descriptions of the AI are prompts.
2. How do prompt words affect AI?
The AI doesn't "automatically guess your mind," it only works based on the content of the prompt. The clearer you say, the more accurate it is.
For example, these two prompts:
- "Write an article about artificial intelligence."
- "Write an essay of about 300 words on the benefits of artificial intelligence, with concise language and suitable for junior high school students to read."
The second one is clearer, and the results given by AI are more in line with your expectations.
3. What is the use of prompts?
Prompts are like "magic spells" that allow AI to do a lot of things:
Write an article: Explain what quantum mechanics is in plain language
Generate an image: A cat wearing sunglasses riding a motorcycle through the desert
Write code: Write a calculator in Python
Translate language: Translate this sentence into French: I love learning
Role-playing: You are my English teacher, Now help me correct grammatical errors
4. How to write good prompts?
Remember these three points briefly:
- Clearly state what you want (content + format) Clearly
- explain how to do it (style, tone, character) It
- would be better to add some details (word count, language level, audience, etc.)
Example:
Bad: Write an email
Better: Write a formal work email, Inform the customer of the project extension for three days and apologize, use polite but not humble language, and keep it within
5. Summary
Theprompt is what you say to the AI and is the key to your control of AI behavior.
As long as you master how to write prompts, you can make AI listen to you more like a "dragon trainer" and help you efficiently complete work, study, create, and even entertainment tasks.
