In this article, I will share how to use ChatGPT 4.0 to assist essay writing skills, and add more useful spell skills based on online information and the latest research.
This article continues to be updated, I wish you all success in writing, if it is helpful to you, remember to write three consecutive times!
You are welcome to add useful reminders during your use in the comment area. After the verification is valid, I will update it in the blog.
Kind tips:
- The mantra method: exact expression, specific situation, remind it to think slowly (see below)
- ChatGPT can provide inspiration and help in the writing process, but please use it as a reference only and avoid over-reliance.
- Regarding factual issues, you should use it after verifying it yourself. Don't easily believe its categorical tone, let alone use it to search literature.
common method
slow thinking reminder
"2023.04.07 update"
In order for ChatGPT to answer and solve paper-related questions more accurately, you need to help it think.
Some studies have shown that just adding a sentence "The following is a sentence in the introduction of a paper" or "Please consider each of the conditions I gave in turn" in the prompt can significantly improve the accuracy of ChatGPT. It's an outspoken AI that sometimes just needs you to remind it to think slowly.
Inspiration reference @木远 Weibo on March 25 https://weibo.com/1644684112/4883500941182314
You might as well try, after the prompt, follow the sentence "Please think step by step", "Please consider step by step", "Please answer seriously", "If you think it is impossible to safely modify the paper based on known information, please answer no" , "Please re-examine every sentence you output", "Think carefully before speaking" and other descriptions can greatly improve the accuracy of its answers. Sometimes put a reminder after the cue and it makes all the difference.
Perhaps just this revelation can give us great inspiration.
Character setting
ChatGPT is fed by countless corpus. It can be imagined as a gathering of many writers to help you write things based on massive text materials. If you only give a very general request, it can only generate you a general content that can be used anywhere but is not the most appropriate content. However, if you make your request more detailed and give a more specific scenario, it can create content customized for you and better meet your needs.
So before starting a dialogue with ChatGPT, a good way is to let it enter a specific role, especially GPT-4 has a strong role-playing ability.
One of the methods I use more often is
- Ask him to act as a professional thesis reviewer, give comments on the draft of the thesis, and then re-examine the thesis based on the comments.
- When revising the content of a specific paper, let him play the role of an expert in the field I am studying, which can make its expression more accurate.
Prompt: You are now acting as an expert in the field of [Put professional fields here…]. From a professional point of view, do you think there is any need to modify the above content? Be careful not to modify the whole text, You need to point out the places that need to be modified one by one, and give revision opinions and recommended revision content.
Tip: You are now acting as an expert in the field of [put your research field here]. From a professional point of view, you Do you think there is any need to modify the above content? Be careful not to modify the whole text, you need to point out the places that need to be modified one by one, and give revision opinions and recommended revision content.
save space
A reminder that I have been using recently, it can be said that I finally got rid of the previous incomplete output or the interruption of the network.
In this way, you can change the article or the code.
Prompt: [Put your requirements here…] , since your output length is limited, in order to save space. Please use ellipses for the parts you don't think need to be modified. Prompt: [Put your requirements here…]
, Since your output length is limited, in order to save space. Please use ellipsis for the parts that you think do not need to be modified.
GPT Guidance Prompt
"2023.04.29 Update"
The quality of the input directly determines the quality of the output, how to make prompt words better? Maybe it's possible to do this with GPT itself.
Below is the modifier statement directive for prompt.
Prompt: I am trying to get good results from GPT-4 on the following prompt: ‘你的提示词.’ Could you write a better prompt that is more optimal for GPT-4 and would produce better results?
Here is an example, throw a random Chinese prompt to GPT, and you can see the difference between the modified prompt and the original prompt!
- Original tip: polish the paragraph above to make it more canonical
- GPT modification: Please revise and improve the following paragraphs to make them more standardized and fluent. Please provide the original text and a revised version. The paragraph reads as follows:
Of course, you can play on this basis at will, for example, you can make it modify and then return the English results. Generally speaking, GPT performs better in English than in Chinese.
multi-version reference
During the polishing process, ChatGPT can provide multiple revision suggestions for comparison and selection.
Prompt: Please provide multiple versions for reference.
Prompt: Please provide multiple versions for reference.
Timely feedback
If ChatGPT misunderstands your question, you can give it a wrong feedback to ask it to answer again
Prompt: Note that it is not …, but … Re - answer the previous question based on what I
have added.
If you think the answer is not good enough, or the direction is wrong. Can ask to answer again, and indicate the direction of focus. For example, you only want to remove the redundancy of the current paragraph, and do not want to change the original meaning.
Prompt: Still the above question, I think your answer is not good enough . Please answer again, this time focusing on removing redundancy from this passage. Please answer again, this time focusing on removing redundancy from this passage.
Before and after comparison
If the text is still too long for observation, let it answer what specific changes have been made.
Prompt: Note that in addition to giving the modified content, please also indicate which paragraphs and sentences have been modified in the revised version. Which sentences of which paragraphs.
Supplement: It is best to use some online text comparison tools to observe here, such as the one below, which is more clear at a glance.
Polishing direction
Adjust the touch-up method according to your needs. Here are some commonly used words that can be used in conjunction with the examples that follow.
- More precise: Choose more precise words, such as using "generate" instead of "produce" or "analyze" instead of "look at".
- More concise expression: Eliminate unnecessary words and phrases to make sentences clearer and more direct.
- More objective: Removes subjective language and presents information in a neutral manner.
- More specific: Provide more specific details to support an argument or idea.
- More coherent: Make sure your sentences are well-organized and logical.
- More consistent: Make sure that the language and style used in the sentence is consistent with the rest of the paper.
- More academic: Use terms and phrases commonly used in academic writing, such as "furthermore" and "thus."
- More formal grammar: Use correct grammar and syntax, such as avoiding sentence fragments or off-topic sentences.
- More Nuanced: Adding more detail to a sentence by using words or phrases to convey more complex or subtle meanings.
degree of control
In the process of using ChatGPT, sometimes we don't want AI to make major changes to the text. At this time, we can ask it to limit the degree and direction of polishing. The following are some passwords that can help control the degree of polishing. Please try Add your own prompt words.
- “Subtle edits only”: Subtle edits only to the text
- “Minor edits”: Make some minor edits
- “Rephrase for clarity”: Rephrase for clarity
- “Simplify sentence structure”: Simplify sentence structure
- “Check grammar and spelling”: Check grammar and spelling
- “Enhance flow and coherence”: Improve text flow and coherence
- “Improve word choice”: Improve word choice
- “Revise for style”: Revise the style for the text
- “Significant edits”: Make significant edits
- “Restructure content”: Restructure content
Paragraph polish
direct polish
Prompt: Polish the paragraph above to make it more logical, and academic.
Tip: polish the content above to make it more logical and academic
Sometimes, if the English is not good enough or the revised sentence feels inappropriate, you can let it output a reason. Then make your own final judgment.
Prompt: For the sentence "[Before polished sentence]", why did you polish it to be "[Polished sentence]". the following sentence]".
In the same way, all the following usages in this article can be used in conjunction with the above method for questioning.
specific requirements
1) Combining background knowledge
Compared with the direct polish above, this method may allow it to output some richer information.
Prompt: According to your knowledge about XXX and XXX, is there a better way to write the above paragraph, please help to revise it so that it can be used in academic papers
. Is there a better way to write the knowledge of XXX and XXX, please help to polish and modify it so that it can be used in the paper.
2) Long sentence splitting
Prompt: This sentence is too long and complex. Consider breaking it up into multiple shorter sentences.
Prompt: This sentence is too long and complex. Consider breaking it up into multiple shorter sentences.
3) Remove redundancy
Prompt: This section seems repetitive. Please rephrase to avoid redundancy.
Prompt: This section seems repetitive. Please reshape to avoid redundancy.
Grammar Syntax
Prompt: This sentence is grammatically incorrect. Please revise.
Prompt: This sentence is grammatically incorrect. Please revise.
Prompt: The subject and verb do not agree in this sentence. Please correct.
Prompt: The subject and verb do not agree in this sentence. Please correct.
Prompt: This phrase seems out of place. Please rephrase to improve clarity.
Prompt: This phrase seems out of place. Please reword for clarity.
Prompt: I have used a passive voice in this sentence . Consider using an active voice instead. Consider using active voice instead.
Scenario example
When writing a paper, it is often necessary to belittle the limitations of other people's methods. You can ask ChatGPT to help you list some limited scenarios.
Prompt: Can you give a few examples to demonstrate the scenarios where the previous method has limitations , so that it can be used in academic papers. for use in the thesis.
Journal/Conference Style
Polish the content according to the style of the journal conference (note that the journal or conference must be famous enough).
Prompt: If I wish to publish a paper at a XXX conference, please polish the above content in the style of a XXX article. Polish the content above.
Encapsulates basic facts/principle/background
While polishing, correct basic logic errors. If you need some background knowledge to polish the content, you can actively tell ChatGPT during the conversation, such as the principle of XXX.
Prompt: Now, in order to help me better polish my thesis, I need you to remember the XXX principle: “…”
Prompt: Now, in order to help me better polish my thesis, I need you to remember the XXX principle: "..."
This is equivalent to encapsulating a function name for a piece of content, and then when you mention the XXX principle again, ChatGPT can quickly know what basic facts you are talking about .
Prompt: Polish and rewrite the above content to make it more in line with the style of academic papers, and at the same time, it can be more professional. If there are parts that do not conform to facts or logic, please refer to the part of xxxxx for the above content modification.
Reminder: Polish and rewrite the above content to make it more in line with the style of the paper. At the same time, it can be more professional. If there are parts that do not conform to facts or logic, please refer to The XXX principle part is modified from the above content.
paper polishing
If used continuously for a period of time within the same session window. Then at this time, you can try to directly polish the part of the paper.
seek advice
Because the text sent next is relatively long. For ease of use, you can refer to the following practices.
First, wake up ChatGPT with one sentence and tell it the next task.
Prompt: I started to write an academic paper, the title is XXXXX, now I have finished the introduction part, but I am not sure whether it is suitable, can you help me to read it, and put forward detailed and specific revision suggestions?
Tip: I started to write a thesis, the title is XXXXX, now I have finished the introduction part, but I am not sure whether it is suitable, can you help me to read it, and give detailed and specific suggestions for revision?
Then send the completed Introduction part by yourself. You can get suggestions from ChatGPT.
I tried it myself, and some suggestions for this part have some constructive! But still that sentence, just for reference~
other usage
content continuation
This method is generally suitable for situations where you really can’t think of any content and want to increase the number of words.
Prompt: Based on the knowledge you have mastered about [xxx], polish and continue writing the above content to make the content richer and more complete. content, making the content richer and more complete.
Chinese-English translation
You can directly translate Chinese into English-style English
. Note that if the conversation with ChatGPT is in the same window and after a period of communication, then at this time, the effect of directly using ChatGPT for translation is better than Google, especially for technical terms Translate, it will understand you better!
Prompt: Translate the above Chinese into the corresponding English, requiring the writing style of an academic paper
title name
Ask ChatGPT for headings for paragraphs, abbreviated names for methods, and more.
Prompt: What abbreviations can “XXX” have? Give several options, with reasons, for use in an academic paper.
Prompt: What abbreviations can “XXX” have? Give several options, with reasons, for use in the paper.
New World Gate GPT 4.0
Compared with GPT3.5, the experience of using GPT4.0 has been completely different... especially in the stage of logical reasoning. An obvious feature of GPT3.5 is that as long as you refute the AI's answer, it will immediately change its position and admit the mistake. GPT 4.0, on the other hand, answers more based on facts and shows higher stability.
In addition, GPT 4.0 is able to read longer texts and has a longer memory window, which allows it to play a greater role in polishing the text.
logical argument aid
GPT 4.0 has a significant improvement in logical reasoning and can be used to assist in building more convincing arguments.
Prompt: Please help me analyze and optimize the logical structure of this argument to make it more convincing.
Prompt: Please help me analyze and optimize the logical structure of this argument to make it more convincing.
Long text processing ability
Since GPT 4.0 has a longer memory window, it can more effectively polish long texts.
Prompt: Please read and polish the entire paper to ensure consistency and coherence.
Prompt: Please read and polish the entire paper to ensure consistency and coherence. (It's that simple and rude!)
Of course, if the thesis is particularly long, it can be divided into multiple feeds, as follows:
After the first part is given:
Prompt: I have written the XXX section, but I am not satisfied with its structure and coherence. Please help me reorganize the content and improve its coherence. Prompt: I have written the XXX section, but I am not satisfied with its structure and coherence
. Please help me reorganize the content to improve its coherence.
Prompt: Please review and revise the entire literature review section of my paperensuring that it meets the standards of academic writing and the content iscoherent and well-structured. , coherent and well-structured.
provide unique insights
Prompt: Please provide me with some unique insights that I can discuss in my paper, based on the latest research that you are aware of. Prompt: Please
provide me with some unique insights that I can discuss in my paper, based on the latest research that you are aware of. for discussion.
In-depth analysis and evaluation
Prompt: Please help me to conduct an in-depth analysis of these research methods and data, and provide me with an assessment of their advantages and disadvantages. An assessment of its strengths and weaknesses.