Today I am working with a rake. It's my intention to remove all unwanted small objects from the garden. I intend to use the rack the way it's designed to be used. Nice confident grip with two hands on the non-rake side of the pole. Loose arms holding the rake end point down towards the ground. Import that the teeth of the rake are facing down. Apply medium length brushes across the ground towards you. Lift the rake and apply the teeth end to the ground again at a medium distance away from your body. The repeat the process until the area is clear of debris. You can repeat this process indefinitely until the area you wish to clear has been cleared to your satisfaction.

This process has made me consider How we interact with large language models. Are we using the correct process to interact with these tools. I see many people using very very short sentences as they interact with an AI agent. Do this, do that, without giving the full context of what they want and the expected outcome? In my opinion, when you talk to a large language model, you should talk to it with the same eloquence, articulation, politeness, and conviction as if you were talking to an esteemed colleague or someone in a senior position of which you have mad respect.

So if you going to use a tool like a AI agent. Use it properly. Take the time to explain your mood. Explain what's led to you asking this question. Explain other questions that you were thinking about asking but then you landed on this question. This is the one question that you need answering right now. The one question you want to explore in detail. Explain how you want to explore it and what the outcomes could be. Where do you want to go with this? How do you want to test it? If it's a solution you're exploring, how do you want the end user to feel? Who will be in receipt of the solution? This is all important context and if you don't explain yourself clearly to a large language model you you could be missing home on one of the most amazing pieces of work you have ever applied yourself to.

So take the time to talk to your large language model of choice as if you were talking to a human, a human you respect. A human that understands all the social norms and expects sentences to be articulated in a particular way so they can understand and respond.

The rake. It's making picking up leaves far faster than doing it by hand.

Talking to Large Language Models. We have a great time and co-create some amazing solutions.