Simon Willison’s Weblog

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.