In this 90-second game-changer I’m going to show you how to get much more value out of ChatGPT and avoid some common mistakes that beginner AI users often make.
Almost everyone that writes anything on a computer can see the benefits that ChatGPT brings, but your prompts are probably not as effective as they could be!
For starters, it’s important to understand that it’s almost as impossible to rule things OUT when you are asking ChatGPT to find or create something for you. Using negative constructs like “Don’t make it red” or “Not .NET 6” can really help to improve ChatGPT’s output, because the AI chat system specifically finds negative tenses in your sentences and uses them to improve prompts based on your previous input.
Another incredibly useful method to use with ChatGPT is to create a Custom Instruction. You can do this in the ChatGPT Settings menu. Basically here you specify specific things that you want in ALL of your prompts, or more importantly, things you DON’T want in your prompts.
For example, I often use the Qt programming framework, but Qt has many versions, and the APIs and documents for those versions are very different. I don’t want ChatGPT giving me code designed for Qt 5, because it will cause compiler errors if I paste that code in my Qt 6 project! So I added an instruction: “Only give me Qt 6, NOT Qt 5 code”.
Doing this can GREATLY improve the quality of the responses ChatGPT provides. If you want to see more 90-second game-changers, be sure to visit our website at 3dot.digital.
