I've tested hundreds of AI prompts over the past couple of years, and one pattern keeps coming up: when ChatGPT gives me a disappointing answer, it's usually because it guessed what I meant instead of asking what I actually wanted. This is true for every ChatGPT model I've ever used. Funny, how with every new, smarter, faster upgrade, this issue remains.
Although I realize part of the issue could be on me leaving context out, sometimes it just feels obvious. If the AI could just "get it" and fill in the gaps, than the problem would be solved. I don't mean assume, I mean, truly understand.
Due to this issue, I recently started adding one simple sentence to nearly every prompt I write. It doesn't make ChatGPT smarter, but it does make it far less likely to head off in the wrong direction. Better yet, it works just as well in Claude, Gemini and most other AI chatbots I've tried.
