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What’s the Problem?
Currently A.I is being used as a catch all. A way to remove processing from the end user and just retrieve the answers rather than using it to aid in the successful retrieval of information. I want to learn how to use A.I much like I use my laptop, like a tool or aid in my end goal instead of using it as my brains replacement. The more we ask it to do for us, the less we actually do ourselves. I’ve been watching a few videos on how to prompt and use A.I properly:
These have been instrumental in helping me understand the proper use of A.I and prompting and how to not rely on it as my stand in or replacement.
How We Learn
- It’s imperative to understand the best way to learn. I have been watching videos on this and apparently we have been lied to for years. The best way to learn things is using a technique called retrieval. Don’t bring Note Taking, Color coding or any of that stuff over here. We are focusing on retrieval from now on. It’s the only way. Testing yourself against the material learned in order to solidify content. So, armed with that knowledge we should be using A.I to teach us in the same way a tutor would. Asking questions about the content in order to ensure that we understand it.
How to Prompt your A.I Companion
You want to engage your A.I “tutor” and have them engage you. There is a method out there taught at Oxford called Socratic Learning. The concept is to ask questions and philosophise on the information in order to get a better understanding. Rather than just receiving information you are being guided to it.
Remember to keep in mind Bloom’s Taxonomy which is a hierarchical structure of learning that aids in your absorption of information.
Prompts
Using Socratic Questioning:
- “Act as a Socratic tutor and help me understand the concept of [topic]. Ask me questions to guide my understanding.”
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Multi-Level Explanations:
- “Explain [concept] to me as if I’m a child, then a high schooler, and finally an academic.”
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Practice Questions:
- “Create practice questions for me on [topic] at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.”
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Summarizing and Comparing:
- “Summarize this paper and list the key concepts. Then compare it to my summary and identify any gaps.”
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Key Terms and Categories:
- “Give me a list of 20 key terms in this paper and break them into five categories.”
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Bloom’s Taxonomy Challenges:
- “Create a set of challenges for me to apply Bloom’s taxonomy (remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create) to [topic].”
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Analogies and Real-Life Examples:
- “Provide analogies and real-life examples to help me understand [concept].”
Conclusion
Welp, I hope some of this has helped. Even if just a little bit