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I've been thinking a lot about what kind of value could I provide to you in a newsletter that you will eagerly wait to read.
I remember when I was a kid, I loved reading my favorite kids magazine, National Georgraphic Kids. I think it was issued once a month, and provided me with so much interesting information about the world that I was asking my parents daily at the beginning of each month: "Did the NatGeo magazine arrive today?"
I want to create an experience like that. I still vividly remember the unboxing moments, tearing up that white plastic wrap with MY NAME on it, knowing that for a few days, I'm going to be like a sponge and soak up all the knowledge about the world.
Times changed since.
We went from plastic wrapped magazines to "yet another marketing email" pretty fast.
It's now about a fight for attention (well, always has been) that I want to win.
And I think the best way is to provide information in a newsletter that you can't find anywhere else on the internet.
At least, that's what I'm about to attempt, and we'll see what happens.
I love writing anyways, and by writing a lot with ChatGPT, I kinda miss just typing my thoughts and teaching without an AI assistant.
Today's topic:
Promptless AI
The core idea is this: "If AI is so good at writing stuff, it could just write its own prompts too."
No need for Prompt Engineers, you can just take the 6 key elements of the prompt and throw it out the window.
Nobody needs to learn prompting because AI will write its own prompt.
At least, that's the argument. And there are GPTs out there that can help you to articulate your prompts better. (Here is mine)
But there's a problem.
Large Language Models (LLMs) are like the Einstein sitting in your basement. Really good at thinking and writing, but doesn't have any information about recent events.
So if I had a "promptless AI" and I would ask it to "write me a marketing email", it would refine the prompt, sure, and give itself a persona, give itself constraints, define a good outcome, but: BASED ON WHAT?
How would it know my preferences? How would it know about the product I'm trying to promote, a campaign I'm running or anything else about my company?
It wouldn't, and that's the main challenge of promptless AI's I see at the moment. They don't have CONTEXT.
GPT-4 is super smart, smarter than me for sure, can write better copy a lot faster, but if I don't give it context, it's all worth nothing.
You see, Prompt Engineering is not a hard skill like other Engineering disciplines. It's a soft skill, and it should be called "Effective Communication".
Which reminds me of this image David made last week:
Prompt Engineering is about how can I transfer my thoughts to the AI so it can make something I want.
And until we solve thought transfer from brain tissue to computer, we won't have truly promptless AI.
A practical tip:
Here's a tip though that you can use to bypass learning Prompt Engineering when it comes to using ChatGPT for work.
At the end of your prompt, paste this:
"Ask me any clarifying questions you need to know the answers to in order to give me the best response."
This will prompt ChatGPT to get CONTEXT from your brain to it's neural network so it can work with it.
Neuralink to the rescue?
I totally see a future, (not so far, maybe 15 yrs?) where people will be able to communicate with machines at the speed of thought through chips like Neuralink.
Because right now, the limitation is:
- How well can you articulate what you think.
- How fast can you type that down (or dictate) to a Language Model to process it.
With brain implants like Neuralink, reading minds might become possible and then an AI can be born which doesn't require you to type the prompt, it's enough to think about it.
But it will still need context. That's the game.
How did you like this mail? I'm coming with a new Newsletter mail on Wednesday. In the meanwhile, I'm gauging feedback, so reply to this email and let me know what you think of this format!
Thanks, talk soon!
Dave Talas, COO and co-founder of Promptmaster
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#3: Try the Prompt Master Tutor GPT here, and ask it to teach you.
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