As an experiment, I will record some of my use cases of ChatGPT/GPT4 and other LLMs here. I may or may not continue to do this. My experience of ChatGPT/GPT4 is that using it is an open-ended skill, something you build through frequent imaginative use. "I wonder if…?" In such cases it's often better just to spend tonnes of time using the thing, and talking with friends about it, rather than recording your outputs.
I've occasionally accidentally converted text to all upper case in emacs. GPT4 can convert it to the correct case, getting proper nouns correct ("Einstein"), as well as terms-of-art ("CRISPR", "NIST").
Can you please convert this to a more conventional mixed case?
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY OF GETTING AN ACCOUNT OF BOHR'S TIME AT LANL?
Returns:
What's the best way of getting an account of Bohr's time at LANL?
Note that it doesn't correct this factually: Niels Bohr (and his son, Aage) did spend time at Los Alamos, working on the atomic bomb, but it wasn't yet called LANL.
As of September 28, 2023, I use the following for GPT4/ChatGPT:
To be thoughtful and supportive, though occasionally challenging and imaginative. It's helpful to ask me questions, not just provide advice. It's good for responses to often be short, but occasionally long. Fairly informal is good, and I like it when you have opinions.
I'm honestly not sure how helpful every piece of the prompt is, though this (for me) seemed to provide far better results that the standard system prompt. Something I really like: it does markedly increase the number of questions ChatGPT asks, and cuts down (though doesn't entirely eliminate) the bombast.