Spent 45 minutes trying to get an AI to write a grocery list yesterday

I kept asking for a simple shopping list but it kept adding weird stuff like artisanal salt or goat cheese, but when I finally just typed 'list apples bread milk eggs' it gave me exactly that in 3 seconds. Has anyone else found that the more you write to these things the worse they get?

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faith_thomas23d ago

Used to think long prompts were better, this changed my mind completely.

riley4323d ago

Tbh I gotta respectfully disagree here. Saying "long prompts are always bad" feels like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Some things just need more context to work right, you know? Like if I'm trying to get a specific scene or character description, cutting it down to a sentence barely gives the AI anything to work with. I've had way better luck with medium length prompts that spell out the key details without going overboard. Shorter prompts can work for simple stuff but for anything complex, you're rolling the dice.

jamesf4123d ago

Yeah I was totally in the same boat, always figured more detail meant better results. But honestly after trying out shorter prompts a few times I started seeing how cutting the fluff makes the AI focus on what really matters. It's like the shorter ones just hit the point quicker and you get way less random stuff back.