AI Fluency - Intro to Prompts

Harness the power of generative AI to enhance your productivity and streamline your workflow. The key to maximizing AI’s potential lies in skillful prompting—knowing how to craft clear, precise instructions to get the best results. In this Bigger Brains course, you’ll learn essential prompting techniques, including role play, prompt chaining, and clarifying questions, to refine and improve AI-generated responses. You’ll also explore best practices for using AI in business, along with strategies to recognize and mitigate issues like hallucinations and biases. By understanding both the capabilities and limitations of generative AI, you’ll be equipped to use this powerful tool more effectively in your projects and tasks.

Topics covered include: 

• Defining generative AI tools 
• Explaining the importance of effective prompting when using AI tools 
• Explaining 3 guidelines for achieving better results with your prompts 
• Listing a 4-step prompt structure 
• Defining role-playing and how to use it as a prompt 
• Using prompt-chaining with prompts 
• Describing the prompt technique of using clarifying questions 
• Identifying best practices in prompting 
• Defining hallucinations 
• Listing ways to avoid issues with inaccurate responses