Expecting AI to Understand What You Meant, Not What You Said

Mistakes in How You Think About AI · 4 min · text

Course outline

1. Mistakes in How You Prompt

• Being Too Vague and Getting Generic Output
• Not Giving Enough Context
• Asking for Too Much in One Prompt
• Accepting the First Answer Without Pushing Back

2. Mistakes in How You Trust AI

• Treating AI Output as a Finished Product
• Not Verifying Facts and Figures
• Under-Using AI for Tasks It Is Actually Good At
• Modules 1 and 2 Quiz

3. Mistakes in How You Work with AI

• Doing Everything in One Long Chat
• Not Saving Outputs Outside the Chat
• Re-Explaining Context Every Single Session

4. Mistakes in How You Think About AI

• Expecting AI to Understand What You Meant, Not What You Said
• Using AI as a Search Engine
• Giving Up Too Quickly When AI Gets It Wrong
• Modules 3 and 4 Quiz