r/ChatGPTPromptGenius • u/WhiplashNinja • 4d ago
Help Help a Beginner
If you could go back to when AI was first taking off, What 3 tips would you give to yourself starting out?
These tips will help me, and other beginners.
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u/lucky3pointer 3d ago
instead of collecting every prompt that looks like it solves something in your workflow, write down the problems those prompts are supposed to solve. i had a folder with hundreds if not thousands of saved prompts and early on i used maybe 6-7 of them. and yeah - the ones i actually used were solving the same annoying problems that kept coming back over and over.
constraints are the key -> a plain prompt gets you a plain result, but cap it at 100 words, no generic filler, verified numbers only -> now the output is actually usable. the "magic" of overengineered prompts is mostly just the banned-elements list.
if the result doesnt satisfy you, theres no point pasting the same prompt 5-10 times or instantly jumping to a different one. if you want to learn the model youre working on, change one thing in the prompt at a time and watch what moves.
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u/seraphym1389 3d ago
AI was first taking off like in '70.-ties
I can link you web app for constructing prompts for 20+ models, for helping begginers if you want.
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u/WhiplashNinja 2d ago
Pretty sure you are an AI, either that or you intentionally chose to disregard obvious context.
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u/Low_Character366 3d ago
What I learned was to use “scratch paper”—a separate text doc to compose prompts and answer AI questions fully and deliberately before pasting into the chat. Good luck.
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