I'm disappointed at how little good writing there is out there about effective prompting.
Here's an example: what's the best prompt to use to summarize an article?
That feels like such an obvious thing, and yet I haven't even seen that being well explored!
It's actually a surprisingly deep topic. I like using tricks like "directly quote the sentences that best illustrate the overall themes" and "identify the most surprising ideas", but I'd love to see a thorough breakdown of all the tricks I haven't seen yet.
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