The Passionate Programmer

2023

Explain It

One everyday use case for ChatGPT is to explain a concept. This could be a part of common knowledge or something very obscure. This is a compelling capability that I’ve just begun to tap into. Let me give you some examples. Most people use this prompt to have Chat explain a complex or a difficult-to-understand […]

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Limitations

ChatGPT Limitations

Note: I wrote the following blog post in August and then ran into technical issues. For more details see the note at the end of this post. I co-wrote the first draft of Prompt Engineering for Everyone using the free version of ChatGPT 3.5. I’ve used version 3.5 exclusively to write and edit the first

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The Role of Roles

Assigning roles to ChatGPT is an important part of prompt engineering. It focuses responses to specific areas so that feedback is more relevant. When you ask ChatGPT to take a role by saying, “I want you to act as a marketing specialist,” or “Edit the following document for me,” it focuses ChatGPT into appropriate areas

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The Interconnected Universe: AI’s Role in the Emerging Holographic Paradigm

When the steam engine was first invented, people thought it would solve all humanity’s problems. It didn’t, but it definitely accelerated our growth.  And it did something else. It drove science to discover more efficient ways of measuring energy in closed system, which led to our understanding of quantum physics. Initially, I was skeptical about

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Welcome to My World!

Welcome to The Passionate Programmers new blog. I am David Bernstein and I’m passionate about software development and what we’re learning in software that can help us in other fields. I’m passionate about some of the new paradigms and metaphors we are gaining for understanding. And I’m excited to share what I’m learning. You don’t

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