[With Examples] How to Master Chat-GPT 01: Creating Titles
I recently wrote an article with practical examples on how to 'treat AI like a person and converse with it' in response to the feeling that more people are saying they 'don't use Chat-GPT' these days, and it received a great response.
The Importance of Staying Engaged with AI
AI will enter a period of disillusionment, but I am convinced that during that time, those who continue to use AI will become the 'people who use AI' in the near future. I am certain of this.
I personally spent the most time with Chat-GPT last year on programming. However, this is not typical, so I would like to write about a few other examples from here on out.
I would be happy if you thought, 'I see, if I can use it like that, maybe I'll give it a try.'
Asking Chat-GPT to Create a Title
First, let's start with something easy. That is 'creating a title'.
At the end of last year, I serialized articles related to AI in a media outlet called Nikkei Cross Trend.
For the title of that article, I dared to try 'thinking together with Chat-GPT'. Let's briefly recreate that process. (Note: I am using the paid version, Chat-GPT4.)
[Example] Generating Serial Title Ideas
Me: 'I'm going to write an AI-related article for a web media outlet, so
please come up with about 10 titles.' Let's start here.GPT: 'Shaping the Future: The Latest Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Their Impact'
'AI Ethics: What Technological Progress Brings to Society'
'Artificial Intelligence and the Workplace: The Future of Work Changed by AI'
'AI and Education: Technology That Changes How We Learn'
'AI Supporting Health: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Medical Field'...
Me: (Hmm. None of these are good. I'll have it read my note article.)
'I have an article I wrote on note (referring to a past article of mine), so
please read the AI-related articles within it. Once you've read and understood them, answer by saying, 'I've read them!''GPT: (After about 3 minutes)'I've read them!'
Me: (Well,
before Chat-GPT's memory fades, I'll have it think of titles again.)'Then, based on the content of
my note article that you read, please create titles for the AI-related article again.'GPT: 'Exploring an AI-Coexistence Society: Future Ways of Working and Humanity''The Limits and Possibilities of Generative AI: Learning from Takashi Nakayama's Experiments'
'The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence: Emotions, Ethics, and Future Prospects'
'A New Trust Relationship Between AI and Humans: Takashi Nakayama's Insights'
'The Adventures of AI Nakayama: The True Power of AI Seen from Online Meetings'
'Career and Life in the AI Era: Future Predictions by Takashi Nakayama'
'AI and Ethics: The Dilemmas of a New Era as Told by Takashi Nakayama'
'A New Society Created by AI: Future Visions and Challenges'
Me: (None of these are quite right, but the term 'AI Nakayama' is catchy after all.)
'I like the term 'AI Nakayama', so
using this term, please think of more titles for an article aimed at business people.
'GPT: 'AI Nakayama: Possibilities and Limits of a Digital Alter Ego''AI Nakayama and Future Ways of Working: A New Form of Workplace''The Adventures of AI Nakayama: Exploring the Coexistence of AI and Humans'
'AI Nakayama: Between Virtual and Real'
'AI Nakayama: The World of Alter Egos Created by Technology'
Me: (This is feeling good.
I'll stop using my personal name and change it to 'Taro' to make it more relatable to readers.
Also, I want to convey a sense of how business people will live once AI becomes widespread. ')'Change 'AI Nakayama' to 'AI Taro', and think of more titles that feel like business survival skills and how to get by when AI becomes widespread.
'GPT: 'AI Taro's Business Skills: Strategies to Survive the AI Era''Learning with AI Taro: Survival Skills for the Digital Age''Taught by AI Taro: Survival Skills for the Digital Age''Becoming a Winner in the AI Era: The Teachings of AI Taro'
'Lessons from AI Nakayama: Business Survival in the AI Era'
Me: (This is much better. Shall I summarize them?)
'Please
summarize these ideas into one.
'
GPT: 'AI Taro's Survival Skills'
I created ideas like that and handed them to the editor in charge. When I shared the process of how I created them, I also received feedback saying, 'I see, so that's how you can use generative AI.'
Since the editorial department also wanted to include my name, it finally became,
'AI Taro & Takashi Nakayama's AI Survival Theory'
became the title.
Tips for Requesting Titles
Whether you want to give a clever title to a report you're submitting for work, or give a temporary name to a service you're planning, with just one title, your work output will shine a little brighter. There are quite a few such scenes in business, aren't there?
However, it takes a fair amount of time to think of them yourself. By leaving this to Chat-GPT, it can instantly and effortlessly suggest titles that understand your intent, which can significantly reduce both your time and effort.
However, the truly important thing lies beyond that.
The Necessity of Comparison
There is only one final choice. However, depending on the prompt (instruction), Chat-GPT will keep generating ideas—10, 100, or more. The important thing here is to look at the many suggested answers and realize, 'Oh, this one won't work'.
This is something we don't often realize, but we often find that rather than thinking from a zero base, having something ready-made—like a 'draft'—makes it clearer what is wrong and what we actually want to achieve.
Chat-GPT Doesn't Need to Provide the Correct Answer
Therefore, I believe that Chat-GPT does not necessarily need to provide the best result.
As we look through the many ideas Chat-GPT provides, the thought that 'this is no good = I need to use different words or nuances' takes shape, and we gradually arrive at a better title.
Having this, so to speak, 'punching bag' provides hints for thinking about what would be better. In the example I mentioned, as a result, I was able to arrive at the series title, 'AI Taro & Takashi Nakayama's AI Survival Theory'.
You Cannot Define Success Without Failures
This is a very important point.
'99 percent of success is built on failure' is a famous quote by Charles Kettering, but the trick to brainstorming is that you cannot define a success without having failures.
Chat-GPT, which will stick with you through this trial and error indefinitely, is a truly reliable partner. Please try using it.
Try Asking About Things You've Forgotten
By the way, I also forgot who said that famous quote by Charles Kettering, so I asked Chat-GPT.
Me: 'Tell me a famous quote that means success is built on many failures.'
GPT:
'99 percent of success is built on failure.' - Charles Kettering 'I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.' - Thomas Edison
Ah, that's the one... I remembered (laughs).