Generative AI

Prompt writing for Gen AI involves crafting clear and concise instructions to elicit specific responses from the language model.  Users provide input in the form of a prompt, guiding the AI to generate text that aligns with their intended purpose.  Effective prompt writing considers the model's capabilities and nuances, maximizing the chances of obtaining better outputs.

Some of the key elements of prompting Gen AI include:

• Tell the AI who it is?  Ask it to act like a biology undergrad instructor.
• Give specific instructions.  The more complex you give it, the more effective it will be.
• Give examples and steps.
• Experiment and practice different ways of prompting.
• Continue interacting based on the responses and your needs.

Wharton School's Practical AI for Instructors and Students Part 3: Prompting AI (video)

Template to generate a lesson plan on ChatGPT:

• Acting as an expert(role play)as a ____ instructor 
• Create – ask specifically what you want ChatGPT to generate. In this case a lesson plan for a specific course 
• At level- describe the level of learning 
• According to what standard 
• Including specific details- it may include engaging activities, scaffolding strategies and assessments 

• Danny Liu's Prompt engineering for educators - making generative AI work for you (website)
• AI Insights & Innovations's The Art of Prompt Engineering Simplified, Explained in 10 mins, Prompt Examples, ChatGPT 4, AI (video)