By now you know you can’t rely on AI tools like ChatGPT to give you accurate responses. They can do all sorts of helpful things. But when you ask for information: dirty lies.
These kind of inaccuracies, which the AI people (meaning, actual people who make AI; not people made out of AI) call hallucinations, are frustrating because the AI, like any good liar, projects such confidence. So it’s easy to get excited because you think you’ve got something — the info you were looking for, or the solution to some problem you’ve been wrestling with — then you realize it’s totally wrong. It’s just another thing to break your creative flow.
The AI (actual) people say this will get better with time, and in fact hallucination already seems like less of a problem than it was a year ago. In the meantime, there are a few tricks you can play on AI to get it to give you better, more accurate responses.
In writing those up for us, Briana Brownell has also created yet another mini-master class on prompt writing (we refuse to call it “engineering”). If you’re using AI tools at all, you’ll want to read this one.
What's so interesting here is how similar these prompt-writing strategies are to the tricks you use when talking to a person, especially someone more junior, like an intern. Asking someone to whom you just gave a complicated task to read back what they heard. Giving them examples of what you’re asking for rather than trying to describe it. Giving them a quick breakdown of your perspective.
Those are all prompt writing strategies, too. Which is super fascinating, and weird.
Also helpful, maybe
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How do you make money on YouTube?
What do you mean how do you make money on YouTube?! Passive income of course. Sheesh.
If you’re not buying that, or you’re serious about making money off the video or podcast you’re posting on YouTube, we’ve got an article, which was blatantly written for SEO purposes but does a great job of breaking it down super clearly, with real numbers, and zero passive-income palaver. Take a look.
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For when you don't want to show your face
When you’re thinking about switching from an audio podcast to video, you are bound at some point to face a realization that will, for many of us, tap heretofore unexplored depths of insecurity: yes, you will need a camera, and you will need to point it at your face and record.
Or will you? There’s a ton of video out there, much of it doing just fine, where you never see anyone’s face at all. Here’s a primer on faceless YouTube channels.
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The Ramdy Rules
Speaking of starting a YouTube channel: what if we told you you could do it for $15. You'd probably say "no kidding" because you've seen plenty of stuff that looks like nobody spent a dime. But what we're saying is you can start a YouTube channel that looks and sounds good, and only spend like $15 upfront. Ramdy will show you the way.
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Creative mastery, live
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This is the live event you need if you've been wishing you could talk to people without having to move your mouth or leave the house, so you could sleep in. Or if you want to use AI speakers to fix audio mistakes, eliminate re-recording, create new audio by typing, and generally supercharge your workflow. Thursday, May 30. Register here.
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This is the live event you need if you've got questions about Descript. Or if you want to learn from other Descript users, commiserate with them about the challenges of creative work, or vet them in search of a potential collaborator, friend, or spouse. Support hero Marcello is your guide. Wednesdays at 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Join here.
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AI can't create anything—without you
Descript's AI tools are built to save you time and eliminate tedious stuff so you can stay in flow, and focus on making something great. Because for all the talk about the power of AI, it's still useless without you—your ideas, your creativity, your originality...just, you. So click below and jump straight to Descript to get started. The AI has nothing better to do.
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