Two useful AI tactics

[ergophobe]

https://seths.blog/2025/10/two-useful-ai-tactics/

One I use regularly. One I had not thought of

Tactic 1: ask the AI to cite sources and then check them. That one is obvious. I would say essential.

Tactic 2: create a document that describes your background, education, learning style, communication style, etc. Update it periodically. Before starting a conversation or after it's apparent the conversation is at the wrong level for your knowledge of the subject, upload the document so the AI knows what type of info you're looking for.

[rcjordan]

>describes your background, education

I've started describing and referring to a 3rd party as the person of interest ('patient' for medical) to -hopefully- throw the LLM from further fleshing out its dossier on me.

[ergophobe]

The profile doesn't actually need to describe you to be useful.

"Explain it like I'm five years old" is just one popular version. But you could say, "I have a PhD in theoretical physics and had many discussions with Richard Feynman before he died."

[Rupert]

>describes your background, education

I've started describing and referring to a 3rd party as the person of interest ('patient' for medical) to -hopefully- throw the LLM from further fleshing out its dossier on me.

Doctor, I have a friend who......