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| * Particularly helpful in the context of emotional support | * Particularly helpful in the context of emotional support | ||
| * In some ways, LLMs are like crystals of human knowledge | * In some ways, LLMs are like crystals of human knowledge | ||
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| - | * Perform especially well on topics with abundant, high-quality training data | + | * Perform especially well on topics with abundant, high-quality training data |
| * Highly proficient in language, particularly useful for clear and precise expression of ideas | * Highly proficient in language, particularly useful for clear and precise expression of ideas | ||
| * Great tools for self-improvement | * Great tools for self-improvement | ||
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| * Trained to be agreeable, they often conform to both your explicit instructions and implicit tone | * Trained to be agreeable, they often conform to both your explicit instructions and implicit tone | ||
| * Helpful to make your implicit thoughts become explicit and better organized | * Helpful to make your implicit thoughts become explicit and better organized | ||
| - | * Suggested practice | ||
| - | * Start with a solid frame of reference | ||
| - | * Provide clear context for the task, including your goals and expectations | ||
| - | * What exactly do you want to obtain? | ||
| - | * How do you want the LLM to act? | ||
| - | * Are your expectations realistic? | ||
| - | * Examples of possible uses (varying in feasibility and reliability): | ||
| - | * Polish arguments | ||
| - | * Organize thoughts | ||
| - | * Brainstorm new ideas | ||
| - | * Identify major gaps in reasoning | ||
| - | * Provide critical review | ||
| - | * Assess the output, make decisions, and provide feedback | ||
| - | * Use an iterative process; may involve gradual refinement or drastic changes | ||
| - | * Fact check, fact check, and fact check!!! | ||
| - | * Know when to stop; did the last iteration provide meaningful improvement? | ||
| + | ===== Suggested practice ===== | ||
| + | * Start with a solid frame of reference | ||
| + | * Provide clear context for the task, including your goals and expectations | ||
| + | * Learn the basic of markdown can be very helpful ("help me to learn the very basic of markdown language in 5 minutes, explain to me how can I use this in my prompt to improve the clarity of my instruction to you") | ||
| + | * What exactly do you want to obtain? | ||
| + | * How do you want the LLM to act? | ||
| + | * Are your expectations realistic? | ||
| + | * Examples of possible uses (varying in feasibility and reliability): | ||
| + | * Polish arguments | ||
| + | * Organize thoughts | ||
| + | * Brainstorm new ideas | ||
| + | * Identify major gaps in reasoning | ||
| + | * Provide critical review | ||
| + | * Assess the output, make decisions, and provide feedback | ||
| + | * Use an iterative process; may involve gradual refinement or drastic changes | ||
| + | * Fact check, fact check, and fact check!!! | ||
| + | * Know when to stop; did the last iteration provide meaningful improvement? | ||
| + | * Exercises | ||
| + | * Use figure legends as input, ask for a manuscript outline as output; explore different ways of ordering the figures | ||
| + | * Use a poster abstract as input, ask for possible titles as output; compare how each emphasizes different aspects of the work or addresses different audiences | ||
| ===== Human–AI Dynamics ===== | ===== Human–AI Dynamics ===== | ||
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| ===== Use Cases ===== | ===== Use Cases ===== | ||
| - | * Writing and obtaining feedback as a way of thinking; force LLMs to criticize and challenge your thoughts | + | * Force LLMs to criticize and challenge your thoughts |
| * Use the "Deep Research" | * Use the "Deep Research" | ||
| - | * Reading | + | * Help to read dense papers |
| * Build custom databases of selected references using NotebookLM by Google | * Build custom databases of selected references using NotebookLM by Google | ||
| - | * Grammar | + | * Perform grammar |
| * Prepare for discussion with seminar speakers; info about you and the speaker as the input, suggestions of questions to ask as the output | * Prepare for discussion with seminar speakers; info about you and the speaker as the input, suggestions of questions to ask as the output | ||
| - | * Drafting | + | * Draft or refine |
| - | * Technology | + | * Obtain technology-related |
| - | ===== Additional Points | + | ===== Practical Advice & Next Steps ===== |
| * Test the tool with topics that you know well first for evaluation | * Test the tool with topics that you know well first for evaluation | ||
| * Push boundaries, learn the situations that LLMs are useful (or not) | * Push boundaries, learn the situations that LLMs are useful (or not) | ||
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