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7 things to say when ChatGPT gives you a bad answer — I use number 6 daily

By Amanda Caswell, Tom's Guide

7 things to say when ChatGPT gives you a bad answer — I use number 6 daily

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Most of the time, ChatGPT gives you an answer you can use. But when it misses the mark, you can end up spending more time fixing the response than you expected to spend on the task itself. Before you start a new chat and explain your budget, preferences and schedule all over again, try telling ChatGPT exactly what it got wrong. “Try again” leaves it guessing, while “keep this within my original budget and include all the costs” gives it a specific problem to fix. Here are seven follow-ups you can copy into your current conversation to help get the answer you wanted. 1. Utilize the details Those generic answers are especially frustrating when you’ve already explained your situation.

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