Quick notes on getting started with ChatGPT/GPT4

Let’s cut through the noise surrounding GPT-4/ChatGPT powered tools. Amid the buzz, we’ve bookmarked countless lists and resources, creating a sense of FOMO. As always, understanding (not fear) is the key to unlocking the true potential of these tools in your work. In this post, we’ll outline some crucial concepts to get you started.

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1. Getting Started: ChatGPT excels in content generation, question answering, and even generating functional code. These are great areas to explore first! If you’ve always thought of learning to code, it’s an excellent time to start.
2. Constructing Prompts: Learn to enhance your outputs with prompt engineering, which involves specifying a system role, criteria, context, tone, and response format. GPTs don’t actively plan their output. Learn about the chain of thought prompting or simply add “let’s think step by step” to your prompt when giving a complex task to ChatGPT. A great place to start is the official OpenAI guide: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6654000-best-practices-for-prompt-engineering-with-openai-api
3. Using Langchain: Langchain supercharges LLMs by connecting them to external data and enabling interaction with the environment (agents). From document-based Q&A to end-to-end automation, the applications are wildly exciting! Check out https://python.langchain.com/ for more information.
4. Domain-Specific Models: GPTs may occasionally hallucinate, posing risks in critical domains. Enter specialized models like BloombergGPT and BioGPT, tailored to address domain-specific issues.
5. Attempts at AGI: This is new and wildly exciting. BabyAGI, AutoGPT, Generative agents, and the Camel paper showcase the astonishing potential of agents interacting with each other and retaining interactions in memory. BabyAGI started as a task-driven autonomous agent that can plan and complete tasks on its own, beginning with a single goal.

This guide is just a starting point, based on my experiences. Explore these concepts and have fun! If I missed something, feel free to share your insights in the comments below.