A rough list of tips for using “AI” in a desk job that I’ve shared a couple time
- Start paying for one of the best models (GPT4 or Claude 3 as of now). For a while I paid out of pocket for work use
- Have the chat open in a separate browser window all day. More likely you’ll use it.
- Try lots of different tasks — especially every time that you “feel stuck”
- If you feel like “well that didn’t work” — assume it was your prompt that was the most of the problem, not model — try a better prompt at least x3 before you give up. Also save & reuse prompts. Just put these in text files or something like that.
- There is value even if you don’t directly use what a LLM puts out — Brainstorming, getting unstuck, increasing confidence in your answer, “how do I” etc.
- The latest models are not great UI great UI for writing/editing but it’s still good for “draft a memo about xyz” as a starting poitn
- Steer prompts towards the right answer space → e.g., “write a memo LIKE STRIPE does”