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John Coates

Prompt response As part of your “AI wants your job!” feature (see issue 362, p26), in the box on p32 under the heading “Prompt like a pro”, there is a statement in large text: “You’ve got to give it tight instructions on how you want it to behave.” How true. I recently solved a major problem with a web page using a coding AI site. This was my first attempt at using AI, and it was an interesting if long process, and my CSS skills are very basic. Through ignorance I started out giving it vague instructions along the lines of “Fix this problem”. Unsurprisingly, it supplied a rubbish answer. However, as I began to be more specific with what the problem was, an interesting conversation developed. One that over about…

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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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