Textbook:Prompt Engineering Using ChatGPT: Crafting Effective Interactions and Building GPT Apps
Author(s): Mehrzad Tabatabaian PhD PEng

Description:
This textbook is designed for mastering the art and science of prompt engineering in the realm of artificial intelligence. It provides a thorough exploration of the fundamental principles, practical techniques, and real-world applications of prompt engineering, with a special focus on ChatGPT and its advanced iterations, including GPT-4 and GPT plug-ins. You will learn the essential role of prompts in interacting with ChatGPT, understand the anatomy of a well-constructed prompt, and explore different prompt styles. The book also shows how to set constraints and guidelines to steer AI responses towarddesired outcomes and ensure ethical and responsible interactions. Whether you're a novice of generative AI or seeking advanced insights, this textbook is your companion for mastering prompt engineering and building innovative GPT applications.
FEATURES:
Discusses the fundamental groundwork for understanding prompts, their role in guiding AI models, and their impact on the quality of generated responses
Provides real-world applications demonstrating how prompt engineering is applied across various domains, from customer support and education to business and technical fields
Includes a chapter on GPT-4 Plugins showing how to extend the capabilities of GPT-4 and create more versatile AI-powered applications
Describes techniques for formulating clear and direct questions to obtain precise answers from AI models


Chapter 1: Foundations of Prompts. This chapter provides the fundamental groundwork for understanding prompts, their role in guiding AI models, and their impact on the quality of generated responses.
Chapter 2: Crafting Contextual Prompts. This chapter explores the art of constructing prompts that allow for rich and context-aware interactions with AI models.
Chapter 3: Asking Specific Questions. This chapter describes techniques for formulating clear and direct questions to obtain precise answers from AI models.
Chapter 4: Providing Constraints and Guidelines. This chapter dem-onstrates how to set constraints and guidelines in your prompts to steer AI responses towards desired outcomes and ethical considerations.
Chapter 5: Creative Prompts for Diverse Content. This chapter explores the creative possibilities of prompts, including those for generating content, ideas, and multimodal responses.
Chapter 6: Debugging and Iterating Prompts. This chapter discusses strategies for evaluating and improving prompts, ensuring they yield the desired results in interactions with AI models.
Chapter 7: Advanced Prompt Engineering. This chapter investigates advanced techniques, including plugins and conditional logic, to harness the full potential of AI models.
Chapter 8: Effective Use of Prompts and GPT-4 Plugins. This chapter discusses how to leverage plugins to extend the capabilities of GPT-4 and create more versatile AI-powered applications.
Chapter 9: Real-World Applications. This chapter demonstrates how prompt engineering is applied across various domains, from customer support and education to business and technical fields.
Chapter 10: Future Trends and Ethical Considerations. This chapter explores the evolving landscape of AI-generated content and delves into ethical considerations as AI technology continues to advance.
Chapter 11: GPTs and GPT Application Builder. This chapter is designed to guide users through the versatile capabilities of the GPTs framework and GPT Builder tool.