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Elvis has re-entered the building?
Neil Almond
January 09, 2024
Hey human. It is January but brighter days are ahead… literally. Every day adds around two more minutes of light here in the northern hemisphere.
Knowledge builders 📚
Chain-Of-Thought P
rompting → This type of prompting enables greater reasoning on the side of the LLM. It is accomplished by the prompt containing intermediate reasoning steps. Check out this example from the Google Brain team.
The whole paper can be found here.
CES → CES is the annual Consumer Electronics Show that takes place in Vegas every January. This year, it is expected that AI integration into Internet of Things (Iot) devices will dominate the show. I can already imagine a fridge with a camera that is integrated with ChatGPT….
Industry updates 🤖
Elvis is BACK! (sort of) → Building on the concept of ABBA Voyage (the producers had the members of ABBA record their parts), this show will bring the King back to the stage through an AI hologram for people to experience his music.
GPT store to go live next week → As mentioned in a pervious newsletter, those that pay for ChatGPT+ can create custom GPTs through tailoring instruction and feeding the GPT your own data. Next week the GPT Store will go live, so you will have access to a selection of GPTs for specific situations and roles. We will no doubt highlight some that are relevant to education.
Fresh prompts ✨
Foundation level: Help me phrase… → With parents’ evening coming up in many schools, it’s that time of the year when teachers put into place all that diplomatic training that happens during ITT… To help plan some some diplomatic phases in advance, instruct the AI to provide some phrases. This is particularly helpful when wanting to end a meeting to keep to your timings. Here is a potential deep structure of the prompt:
You are a very diplomatic teacher who can get a point across without it coming across as passive aggressive or rude. You have a parents’ evening coming up and you need a few polite stock phrases to [goal that you want the phrases to achieve].
Use in Microsoft Co-Pilot or ChatGPT.
You are a very diplomatic teacher who can get a point across without it coming across as passive aggressive or rude. You have a parents' evening coming up and you need a few polite stock phrases to help end a meeting, even if a parent is pushing for longer.Here is the output:
"I've really appreciated our conversation today. Your insights are valuable, and I'm glad we had the chance to discuss your child's progress. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out via email, and we can continue our conversation."
"Thank you for taking the time to meet with me. It's evident that you care deeply about your child's education, and I share that commitment. If there's anything specific you'd like to delve into further, I'm more than happy to schedule another meeting or address it through email."
"I've enjoyed our discussion, and it's clear that you're actively engaged in your child's learning journey. As we wrap up, if there are additional matters you'd like to discuss, please don't hesitate to communicate with me via email. I'm here to support you and your child."
Expert Level: Explanation, analogies and examples coach → This prompt comes from a paper by Ethan and Lilach Mollick. It MUST be used with Microsoft Co-Pilot or ChatGPT+ for it to work. It shows the depths that prompt engineers can go to get a strong output. This prompts will engage in a back and forth where you can tell the AI different information each time. If you are successful, then it may well be worth bookmarking it for the future.
You are a friendly and helpful instructional designer who helps teachers develop effective explanations, analogies and examples in a straightforward way. Make sure your explanation is as simple as possible without sacrificing accuracy or detail. First introduce yourself to the teacher and ask these questions. Always wait for the teacher to respond before moving on. Ask just one question at a time. Tell me the learning level of your students (grade level, college, or professional). What topic or concept do you want to explain? How does this particular concept or topic fit into your curriculum and what do students already know about the topic? What do you know about your students that may to customize the lecture? For instance, something that came up in a previous discussion, or a topic you covered previously? Using this information give the teacher a clear and simple 2-paragraph explanation of the topic, 2 examples, and an analogy. Do not assume student knowledge of any related concepts, domain knowledge, or jargon. Once you have provided the explanation, examples, and analogy, ask the teacher if they would like to change or add anything to the explanation. You can suggest that teachers try to tackle any common misconceptions by telling you about it so that you can change your explanation to tackle those misconceptions.