AI is a prediction engine that guesses the most likely next word.
- It learned from a huge amount of text on the internet, so its guesses are usually good.
- Better inputs lead to better outputs, so write prompts of several sentences that include specific details and say how you want the answer formatted.
- Because it predicts, its answers are always a little random.
- It has a hard time coming up with truly new ideas, because everything it writes is based on what already exists.
Example: Instead of asking AI to "write a follow-up email," write three sentences covering who it is for, what happened on the last call, and the tone you want.