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Ask propelling questions Propelling questions reset our status quo and encourage us to explore different ways of doing things. They often start with: How might we? How could I? What would happen if? These questions are designed to prevent our existing knowledge from limiting our ability to imagine new possibilities. They fast-forward us into the fu
... See moreHelen Tupper • Make Learning a Part of Your Daily Routine
but to go back to the teacher when necessary, and say, in effect: “Hey, I tried what you showed me, but this bad thing keeps happening. What would you do if you had gotten into this mess?”
Brian Christian • The Alignment Problem
In my experience, the most useful approaches to AI are:
- Ask clearly bounded questions, where you can easily inspect the results.
- Don’t let AI make decisions for you. Instead, challenge it to broaden your options.
- Take advantage of the fact that it doesn’t have feelings, and use its honesty to get useful feedback.
ChatGPT is dumber than it looks
Give ChatGPT an outline and let it write for you. Let’s turn the tables and have ChatGPT prompt us . Tell AI to ask you questions about what you’re writing. Push yourself to express in clear terms what you really want to say. Like this, for example:
I want to write [format] about [topic]. Ask me questions one at a time that force me to explain my id... See more