Beginner to Pro with ChatGPT in One Video!

Summary

The video script outlines a strategic approach to leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard for personal and professional development. It emphasizes the importance of crafting effective prompts, which involves understanding six key components: task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone. The speaker, Jeff, guides viewers through a learning journey that progresses from beginner to advanced levels, highlighting the need to apply prompts in real-life scenarios to enhance productivity. He also stresses the significance of continuous learning in the AI-driven era, suggesting weekly dedication to online courses and daily engagement with AI-focused newsletters. The script provides practical examples of refining prompts for specific tasks, such as creating a workout plan or summarizing a marketing campaign's achievements. It concludes with advice on organizing prompts for easy access and the benefits of consistency in learning resources, aiming to equip viewers with the skills to effectively utilize AI tools in their daily lives.

Takeaways

• 📝 Start with writing good prompts for AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard to effectively use them.
• 🔄 Build a habit of applying prompts in relevant situations to leverage AI tools in everyday tasks.
• 📈 Develop a learning plan to stay ahead in the AI-driven era through continuous learning and adaptation.
• 🔑 Understand the six components of a strong prompt: task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone.
• 🎯 Prioritize the components with task and context as mandatory, and persona, format, and tone as nice-to-haves.
• 🧩 Learn to break down prompts into these six components for better understanding and to improve your prompting skills.
• 🔄 Refine prompts iteratively to get more precise and usable outputs from AI tools.
• 💡 Use prompts to automate repetitive tasks and create templates for efficiency in various applications.
• 📚 Organize prompts by where you will use them, not where you found them, to reduce friction in accessing them.
• ⏰ Dedicate time for learning about prompt engineering and staying updated with AI developments through courses and newsletters.
• 📈 Focus on consistency in learning rather than constantly searching for the 'best' resources.
• 🌟 Engage with communities for support and to stay motivated on your continuous learning journey.

Q & A

What are the three steps suggested for using AI tools like ChatGPT effectively?

The three steps are: first, writing good prompts; second, building a habit of applying those prompts in relevant situations; and third, developing a learning plan that future-proofs users in the AI-driven era.

What does the term 'proompter' refer to in the context of the video?

A 'proompter' refers to someone who is skilled at creating and using prompts effectively to interact with AI tools like ChatGPT.

What are the six components that make up a strong prompt according to the video?

The six components are task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone.

What is the importance of including a task in your prompt when using AI tools?

Including a task in your prompt is mandatory as it provides a clear direction for the AI to generate a relevant response.

How does understanding the six components of a prompt help improve the quality of AI-generated outputs?

Understanding these components allows users to construct better prompts, leading to more precise and usable outputs from AI tools.

What exercise is suggested to immediately improve one's ability to break down prompts into components?

The exercise suggested is to take any prompt you come across and try to break it down into the six components: task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone.

How can one save time and improve their workflow by applying prompts?

One can save time by identifying repetitive tasks, creating and refining prompts for those tasks, and storing prompts in locations within their workflow to minimize the number of steps required to use them.

What is the recommended approach to continuous learning in the context of AI and prompt engineering?

The recommended approach includes dedicating time each week to learning about prompt engineering through online courses and staying updated with AI developments through a daily newsletter.

Why is it suggested to organize prompts by where they will be used rather than where they were found?

Organizing prompts by usage allows for quicker access and application, reducing the friction and time spent searching for the right prompt when needed.

What is the significance of creating a system that supports continuous learning as AI technology evolves?

Continuous learning ensures that individuals can adapt to new AI advancements, maintain their relevance, and effectively utilize AI tools in their work.

How does the video suggest one should approach a new task they have never done before in relation to using AI tools?

The video suggests that one should immediately prompt AI tools like ChatGPT for assistance, such as generating a list of questions for interviewing video editors.

What are some strategies mentioned in the video to minimize friction when using prompts?

Strategies include saving prompts in workflow-relevant locations, using template functions in applications like Gmail, and keeping the ChatGPT tab pinned in the browser for easy access.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Mastering AI Tools: From Beginner to Continuous Learner

The first paragraph introduces the journey of using AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard. It outlines three steps: writing good prompts, building a habit of applying prompts, and developing a learning plan for the AI era. The speaker, Jeff, a tech worker with no coding experience, emphasizes the importance of mastering AI tools and creating a system for continuous learning. The paragraph delves into the beginner's experience with AI tools, the challenges of crafting effective prompts, and the six components that make up a strong prompt: task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone. It also suggests an exercise to break down prompts into these components and provides an example of how to refine a prompt for better results.

05:00

📈 Intermediate to Advanced: Applying Prompts and Continuous Learning

The second paragraph discusses advancing from a beginner to an intermediate level by applying prompts to everyday tasks. It highlights the process of identifying repetitive tasks and refining prompts to assist with those tasks. Examples include creating a workout plan and summarizing a marketing campaign's results. The paragraph also touches on the advanced level, where the focus shifts to minimizing the friction of using prompts and dedicating time to continuous learning through online courses and daily newsletters. It concludes with the speaker's personal approach to learning prompt engineering and staying updated with AI developments, recommending specific resources and emphasizing the importance of consistency over finding the 'best' resources.

Keywords

💡AI tools

AI tools refer to artificial intelligence applications that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing objects and patterns, solving problems, and more. In the video, AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard are discussed as essential for staying relevant in an AI-driven era, highlighting their utility in tasks from writing emails to crafting marketing strategies.

💡Prompts

Prompts are inputs or statements used to elicit a response or action, particularly in the context of AI tools. They are crucial for guiding AI to generate desired outputs. The video emphasizes the importance of crafting good prompts, which involves understanding six components: task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone. An example from the script is 'explain Topic in simple terms,' which is a task prompt.

💡Continuous learning

Continuous learning is the concept of consistently updating one's knowledge and skills, especially in a rapidly evolving field like technology and AI. The video stresses the need to adopt a system that supports ongoing education to keep up with AI advancements. It suggests dedicating time to online courses and daily newsletters to stay informed about the latest in AI.

💡Task context

Task context is the background information or scenario provided in a prompt that helps AI understand the specifics of the task at hand. It's one of the six components of a strong prompt. In the video, an example is given where adding context to a prompt like 'explain to me as if I'm a college freshman' refines the AI's output to better suit the user's needs.

💡Exemplar

An exemplar in the context of AI prompts is a specific example or case that helps illustrate what the output should look like. It's part of the six components that make up a strong prompt. The video uses the example of specifying 'a push day includes five to six exercises aimed at the chest, shoulders, and triceps' to refine a fitness routine prompt.

💡Persona

Persona refers to a specific type of user or character that the AI is addressing in its response. It's a component of a strong prompt that can help tailor the AI's output to a particular audience. The script mentions adding a persona like 'you are a tenured college professor in the field of Economics' to a prompt to get a more targeted response.

💡Format

Format in the context of AI prompts dictates the structure or presentation style of the AI's output. It's one of the six components that can enhance the effectiveness of a prompt. The video gives an example where a user requests a training plan in a table format to easily paste into a spreadsheet.

💡Tone

Tone represents the manner or attitude in which the AI's response is conveyed, such as professional, confident, or simple. It's another component of a strong prompt. The script illustrates the importance of tone by suggesting 'use 8th grade English' to make the explanation more accessible.

💡Repetitive tasks

Repetitive tasks are those that are performed regularly and follow a consistent pattern. The video suggests identifying such tasks in one's life and creating prompts to streamline these tasks using AI. An example given is a personal training plan based on the PPL routine that can be automated to save time.

💡Prompt engineering

Prompt engineering is the skill of creating effective prompts for AI tools to generate desired responses. The video outlines a learning path for mastering prompt engineering, which includes understanding the components of a strong prompt and applying them to real-life scenarios to improve efficiency.

💡Workflow optimization

Workflow optimization involves improving the efficiency of one's work processes. In the context of the video, it's about integrating AI prompts into one's workflow to reduce friction and save time. The speaker recommends organizing prompts by where they will be used rather than where they were found for quick access.

Highlights

Three steps to effectively use AI tools: writing good prompts, building a habit of applying prompts, and developing a learning plan for the AI era.

The importance of understanding why some prompts are effective and others are not to improve consistency.

Six components of a strong prompt: task, context, exemplar, persona, format, and tone.

The hierarchy of importance among the six components, with task being mandatory and others being optional.

The concept of 'prompting' as a skill that can be improved over time.

An exercise to break down prompts into the six components for better understanding.

The use of persona and additional context to refine prompts for better output.

Building a habit of applying prompts to everyday tasks for real value.

Creating and refining prompts for repetitive tasks to streamline work processes.

The example of using prompts to generate a PPL workout routine and refine it based on feedback.

Incorporating prompts into professional tasks, such as summarizing achievements in a marketing campaign.

The shift in thinking to use AI assistance as a default for new tasks.

Minimizing friction in using prompts by organizing them by use case rather than source.

Dedication to continuous learning through weekly courses on prompt engineering and daily AI news.

The significance of consistency in learning rather than constantly searching for the 'best' resources.

Recommendations for user-friendly courses and newsletters for staying updated on AI developments.

The goal of the course is to improve prompt engineering skills, while the newsletter aims to provide inspiration for continuous learning.

The importance of applying new knowledge, such as custom instructions from AI tools, to enhance the use of prompts.

Invitation for viewers to share their recommendations on courses and newsletters in the comments.

Transcripts

there are three steps along the Journey

of using AI tools like ChatGPT and

Google Bard starting with first writing

good prompts second building a habit of

applying those prompts in relevant

situations and third developing a

learning plan that future proves us in

this AI driven era so if that sounds

interesting to you let's get started hey

friends welcome back to this channel if

you're new here my name is Jeff I work

full-time in Tech but I have zero

experience in coding and programming

that means my best bet is not getting

left behind is to first get good at

using tools like ChatGPT and second

more importantly create a system that

supports continuous learning as AI

technology evolves

AI * N

and so we start off our

prompting careers at the beginner level

this is basically where you regularly

browse ChatGPT content and know how

useful the tool is from writing concise

emails to crafting comprehensive

marketing strategies and you probably

even saved a few prompts for future

reference the problem here is we're not

exactly sure why some prompts give us

precisely what we're looking for while

other outputs are super generic and

unusable put another way we're not able

to consistently replicate the good

prompts for our own use cases so to

progress to the next level we need to

First understand there are six

components that make up a strong prompt

task context exemplar Persona format

and tone second there is an order of

importance to these six billion blocks

its mandatory to include a task in

your prompt it's important to give

context and an exemplar and it's nice to

have Persona format and tone third know

that you don't need all six components

to get a good result as you become more

experienced with prompting you'll know

just how much context to give and

identify instances where exemplar and

format are unnecessary I have an entire

video that goes over the six components

with specific examples I'll link it down

below but an exercise you can do

immediately is whenever you come across

a prompt see if you can break it down

into these six components for example if

you Google best ChatGPT prompts for

work and click into one of these search

results you might come across a prompt

like this explain Topic in simple terms

that's the task explain to me as if I'm

a beginner that's the context I know

instinctively this is a terrible prompt

because if you just add you are a

tenured college professor in the field

of Economics as a Persona add a bit more

context as if I'm a college freshman and

use the tone use 8th grade English The

Prompt will now give a much better

output while I am disappointed in Forbes

and their clickbaity titles unlike my

videos

hopefully you can see how just knowing

what the six components are can help you

become a better proompter which by the way

is apparently a real word wow also this

video is not sponsored but it is

supported by those of you who subscribe

to my paid community in addition to

weekly productivity tips you get access

to my AMA ask me anything sessions I'll

link more information down below now

that we've leveled up from beginner to

intermediate we need to start building a

habit of applying prompts to our

everyday tasks so we can get real value

from this skill the trick here is to

First identify a task in your life

that's repetitive and something you must

do and second create and refine a prompt

to help with that task just like how the

best way to learn how to code is to

build an actual project starting off

with a simple personal example I'm a 70kg

male looking to maintain muscle mass

I can go to the gym five to six days a

week and ideally for 50 minute workout

sessions context please give me a

training plan based on the popular PPL

Push Pull leg workout routine task and

Exemplar output in a table format so I

can easily paste it within a spreadsheet

format looking at this output most gym

Bros would agree these exercises look

fine but there's a big problem

A push day should only include push sizes in a

single day meaning these exercises

should not be spread out across the week

so we wrote a prompt we identified an

issue with that prompt so now it's time

to refine it to do this I'll add another

Exemplar to the original prompt for

example a push day includes five to six

exercises aimed at the chest shoulders

and triceps and now this completely

usable output push day pull day leg day

just saved you the trouble of having to

Google PPL routines figuring out which

exercises to do and formatting a

spreadsheet Pro tip you can take this a

step further by following up with I

don't have a dip machine please suggest

Alternatives and this allows you to

easily replace the dip exercise for

example with one of these options moving

on to a work related example act as a

senior marketing manager with over 20

years of experience Persona you just

wrapped up a three month long email

campaign aimed at acquiring new leads

for Netflix's advertising platform the

campaign acquired 2300 leads which is

only 80% of the target context write a

short Snippets summarizing this

achievement keep it within 200 words and

write in a professional tone task format

and tone so I don't like this output

it's too vague too formal like valuable

insights will fuel further optimization

like that's just corporate BS and I

definitely wouldn't use hashtags at work

so I would add this to the original

prompt Share three potential areas for

improvement since we did miss the Target

write in The Confident tone and do not

include hashtags this is much better

while achieving 80% of a Target is

commendable we can still improve and

this is how we improve and although I

still have to make edits to this draft

this one prompt will save me lots of

time over the long run in my experience

you'll know you succeeded at the

intermediate level when you default to

thinking can ChatGPT help with that

when faced with a new task for example I

should interview video editors recently

something I've never done before but I

immediately prompted ChactGPT to give

me a list of questions to ask applicants

to see if they're good fit or not

alright congrats on graduating to the

advanced level our Focus now shifts to

continuous learning and minimizing the

friction of using the prompts we create

moving forward some of you might already

have your own prompt database where you

save prompts you come across but there's

a certain amount of friction to opening

that database in notion or wherever

opening up ChatGPT in your browser and

copy pasting that prompt over and so we

apply a productivity concept from Tiago Forte

you want to organize information

or prompts in this case by where you

will use them not by where you found

them for example I save prompts that

help me write better newsletter articles

and generate better email titles within

the notion page template where I

actually draft the blog post or

newsletter right so I can use these

right away similarly if you need to

write the same email every week save a

prompt template using the Gmail template

function so you can bring up the prompt

right before composing the email as

opposed to having to look for The Prompt

somewhere else and of course it doesn't

hurt to keep the ChatGPT tab pinned in

your browser so after watching this

video and clicking that like button

identify locations within your workflow

where you can store your prompts to

minimize the number of clicks that gets

you to that final output when it comes

to continuous learning there are two

things I find to make the most impact

first I dedicate two hours every week to

taking a free online course on prompt

engineering and second I spend five

minutes a day reading a free daily

newsletter that curates the latest news

on AI at this point I need to stress

that staying consistent with one course

and one newsletter matters way more than

trying to find the best course or best

newsletter it's just like how trying to

find the best productivity app usually

makes you less productive pick one

todoist ticktick or Apple notes and stick with

it that being said I personally find

learnprompting.org to be super user

friendly you basically start with the

basics and work your way down and the

great part is when you finish all the

content they have an active Discord

Community where you can ask questions

and engage with other learner who are on

the same Journey as you are

newsletter-wise I'm subscribed to

superhuman but it's getting more bloated

with too much random news and

advertising I've heard good things about

Neural Frontier、The Rundown、Prompts Daily

and Big Brain you can subscribe to

all of these pick one you like and after

a week unsubscribe from the rest to

quickly summarize the goal of the course

is to help you learn and get better at

prompt engineering the skill the goal of

the newsletter is to keep you up to date

with the latest developments in AI and

give you inspiration on what to learn

next hence the continuous learning

component for example I saw ChatGPT

rolled out a new feature custom

instructions from the newsletter and

this prompted me pun intended to do

further research on how best to use it I

would love to hear your recommendations

on courses and newsletters down in the

comments check out this video on my

favorite productivity tips for ChatGPT

see you on the next video in the

meantime

have a great one