cartoon robot, by Terry FReedman
I came across a “resource” recently that consists of hundreds of “ready-to-wear” AI prompts. The person who is flogging it described the several prompts he used to achieve some goal or other. So I am cynical on two counts here.
Firstly, why should you need lots of prompts to achieve something? If AI is truly intelligent, you should be able to tell it what you want to achieve, and then let the AI program figure it out. I’ve tried this, and sometimes the app asks me to answer a few questions so that it can make sure it gives me what I want. That’s OK: it works perfectly. You can always follow up with a more specific request based on what the app comes up with.
Secondly, ready-made prompts circumvent the thinking process, don’t they? Before asking AI for the answer, it’s a good idea to think through what the question is.
Or am I missing something?