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Artificial Intelligence Literacy

AI Prompts

  • AI prompts are what is input into an AI tool in order to obtain a specific result.
  • MIT refers to prompts as "conversation starters."
  • What and how you construct your prompt influences the kind of response you receive from an AI tool.  

Prompting Best Practices

1.  Being clear (i.e. providing instructions with words like "summarize" or "explain.")

2.  Providing context (i.e. asking the AI tool to assume a role or craft a response in a certain style)

3.  Being specific (i.e. adding details like dates, locations, etc.)

4.  Building and iterating on the "conversation" (i.e. replying with further instructions)

 

Morris, S. (2024). Unpacking AI [PowerPoint slides]. Exploring AI with Critical Information Literacy, ALA Learning.

Helpful Prompt Engineering Resources