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Haven't tried this myself, but quite a striking strategy.

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· Aug 4, 2021

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Yeah I sometimes use GPT-3 for that myself if I'm exploring an unfamiliar topic or academic field, "what are the most important concepts / terms / techniques in X?" If I prompt it well this usually gives me a decent vocabulary to both better understand and explore the space

Christian Tietze

@ctietze

Aug 4, 2021

please share if you figure out how that would work for “end users”; to “ust GOT-3” doesn’t sound simple

Andy Matuschak

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@ctietze

I'd imagine, naively, that he's using that prompt directly in OpenAI's playground. Some hits, some misses, surprisingly solid performance. Not obviously better than Wikipedia, honestly… but interesting. Curious what's been especially good for you

@azlenelza

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Are you giving it examples prior to this prompt? This is pretty solid.

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Aug 4, 2021

No, the input is simply the bold text.

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maybe try asking something that has poor Wikipedia coverage, like "important themes in 18th century Ethiopian literature"?

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Interesting! I have a few different variations but I tend towards giving much more context than this—for better consistency and quality of output Also, when working with lists, I'll ask for "20 most important terms..." which makes it less likely to get distracted on tangents