This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Valery Zinchenko
Here are simple steps/rules how to use ChatGPT and alike without brain rot and being degraded:
- Do not copy anything from what LLM replies, safely copy what you answer, of course, if your answers/prompts are entirely written by you. Treat ChatGPT like a book rather than a source you can copy from, yes it’s tempting, but that’s where all the brain rot comes from.
- Plan what you want to discuss or create with very simple and rough points, write them down somewhere.
- In a new chat without using Deep Thinking/Reasoning (so that LLM uses less memorized data from you). Browse information, look for additional knowledge and ask opinions for each point you wrote down – DO NOT include your opinions – only ask just like you would search info in Google.
- Now go away from LLM, maybe drink something, just relax a bit.
- Then think about what LLM told you for each point without looking at its responses.
- Expand the points you wrote down in the beginning, make them more detailed, you may use wording that LLM gave (it actually really good at it), which you remember.
- Consider and create a draft of the end result you want (and write down) without copying LLM replies, using only your own words.
- Create new chat and start giving it parts of what you drafted one by one, read what it answers and answer next with related content of what you drafted. Try to not change your draft too much, but you can adapt it. NO OPINIONS SO FAR. Only guiding the AI in the direction of your desired result.
- When you ran out of points, give your last answer as emotional and opiniated as you can in the same chat.
- Congratulations! You gained 2000x times more data from simple points that you had, which you actually are aware of and already processed.
Now you have a lot to get to the end result you wanted from the beginning. Yes, this approach takes time, but it takes much less than pure Googling and laying of information yourself.
Of course, you should not forget about Googling – Check important info and if you doubt something LLM gives you – go and read the articles in the internet or at least ask LLM to give a list of sources to read.
Thanks for reading! How do you keep away from brain rot?
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Valery Zinchenko