The Art of Questioning AI: How to Get the Best Responses
Artificial intelligence chatbots are everywhere.
Think ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat, Claude.
We converse with them daily, seeking information, insights, or sometimes, just for the sheer pleasure of interaction.
But sometimes their answers seem off-target.
It’s almost automatic that we easily blame AI for the lack of quality responses.
But it turns out — how we frame questions matters hugely.
Rambling questions don’t make AI responses smarter.
Longer Questions Aren’t Always Better
A common misconception is the belief that more context we provide, the better the answers.
In fact, we see this everywhere:
Cheat sheets posted with novel-length prompts by content creators, accompanied by “try this prompt to get the same awesome results.”
However …
Research suggests that longer context alone is insufficient for tapping into LLM’s more sophisticated reasoning and versatility.
