Killer ChatGPT Prompts: Harness the Power of AI for Success and Profit

by Guy Hart-Davis

Unlock the full capabilities of ChatGPT at work, at home, and in your day-to-day By now, you’ve heard of ChatGPT and its incredible potential. You may even have tried to use it a few times just to see it in action for yourself. But have you ever wondered what ChatGPT is truly capable of? Killer ChatGPT Harness the Power of AI for Success and Profit will show you the true power of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. In the book, veteran IT educator and trusted author Guy Hart-Davis shows you the exact prompts he’s discovered to unlock a huge variety of expert business writing, like emails and proposals, data analysis use cases, lesson plans, information exchange scripts, and more! You’ll also There’s no doubt about it. LLMs―and ChatGPT―are here to stay. The only question Will you have the skills and the wherewithal to unleash its potential in your own life? Killer ChatGPT Prompts can guarantee that you will.

Genres: Technology, Reference, Nonfiction, Artificial Intelligence, Business

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2023

Reviews

[Fred Cheyunski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hoped for More – After reading Watney’s “ChatGPT for Beginners” (see my review) and looking for more on prompts, I got ahold of this book. Given the book’s title and after what I have read in other related works, I was expecting more in the way of prompt insights and revelations – it seems like the suggested instructions are hardly what one would call “killer.” That said, there are some useful caveats regarding where ChatGPT is strong, and where the user needs to beware or use other measures to achieve desired results.

Namely, the book’s contents consist of an Introduction and 15 chapters. The chapters include (1) Get started with ChatGPT prompts, (2) ChatGPT prompts for getting a job, (3) ChatGPT prompts for managing your work and schedule, (4) ChatGPT prompts for business writing, (5) ChatGPT prompts for research and analysis, (6) ChatGPT prompts for communication and knowledge sharing, (7) ChatGPT prompts for web development, (8) ChatGPT prompts for programming, (9) ChatGPT prompts for HR and training, (10) ChatGPT prompts for sales and marketing, (11) ChatGPT prompts for teachers, (12) ChatGPT prompts for students, (13) ChatGPT prompts for creative writing and fiction writing, (14) ChatGPT prompts for home efficiency and enjoyment, and (15) ChatGPT prompts for personal development and relationships. There is also an Appendix: How can you use ChatGPT's output? as well as an Index.

Parts that stood out for me included some of the sections and examples that spoke to my interests and the appendix. For instance, Chapter 5 on research and analysis had a number of tips that seem worth pursuing. Namely, the author suggested that ChatGPT can summarize material, only this feature is limited by the amount of information that can be input, precluding longer articles and text. Hart-Davis also indicates the chat bots ability in terms of data analysis, generating research questions as well as in designing experiments and culling relevant information from among articles. In this regard, the books offers some possibilities inferred by the more AI overview and prospect treatments as in Metz’s “Genius Makers” and Suleyman’s “The Coming Wave” (see my reviews).

While the book covers much ground, most of it seems pretty much what one would expect. There is ChatGPT set up and utilization in the free and paid formats and then the various topics that follow. Not much seems particularly revelatory. Watney’s book seems to provide more in the way of understanding prompts and the aspects that will make them helpful versus the plethora of examples that Hart-Davis provides. As I read I though about books such as “Outsmarting AI” and “Invisible Machines” (see my reviews) I had hoped this would be more detail along those lines.

That said, “Killer Prompts” does offer some interesting points and “watchouts” as one gets on with ChatGPT usage. Some examples include (in Kindle Location 1587) that “ChatGPT seems to have a hard time identifying satire, irony, and sarcasm”, comments (in Location 2941) about “using . . . AI tools with integrity,” or (in Location 3148) how they are “a point of contention between students and teachers at present.” Then, there are the admonitions about being sure to read the “terms and conditions” and to take care in checking and incorporation of material per copyright laws.

Check it out as it may be a resource that some may find appropriate.

[Andromeda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is yet another interesting, accessible, and useful book in the series of works on ChatGPT. Because I have already read several works on the topic, and I have had hands-on experience with the technology, the information in the book seems rather simple, perhaps even simplistic. The fault is not the author's, however, but mine for my having read too many elementary books on the topic.

All the same, having given it five stars, I also recommend it to anyone who wants to acquire supreme knowledge of the electronic subaltern.

Unlike the earlier books I read on ChatGPT, this one has been very neatly organised, well-presented, and systematic. Beginning with the ChatGPT window, which other writers fail to address, Guy Hart-Davis pilots his readers through the otherwise complex workings of the technology. His introduction to the topic is laudable and exceedingly informative. From Chapter Two onwards, he introduces one to the various capabilities of ChatGPT, which, my Nostradamic presentiments foretell, will take over our minds, thoughts, lives, and every iota of the characteristics that distinguish us from other animate beings.

Anyone who reads the text will undoubtedly be won over to forsake his individuality and surrender himself to AI, which will become the Alpha and Omega of humanity in but five years.

[Dimitri · Rating 3 out of 5]

📕 Why (Not) to read this book (Target Audience)

This book gives you some great idea about what prompt are possible with chat GTP.

👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)

Some great prompts:
• Job Task: Customize Resume, Act as an interviewer
• Writing Task: Proofread, Copyedit, Edit, Review grammar and clarity
• Web Tasks: Summarize URL, Analyze Website, Convert text to HTML
• Training Tasks: Create Objectives, Create a Lesson plan, Suggest Activities, Make a multiple choice, Create an outline

⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)

To get the latest information, enable ChatGPT's web-browsing capability. As of this writing, this feature is in beta. To enable it, click the New Chat button in the left column to start a new chat, and then click the GPT-4 button to switch to GPT-4 mode. Hover the pointer over the GPT-4 button to pop up a menu, and then click the Browse with Bing button to place a check mark to the right of the text.

[Steven Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grabbed this book from my awesome local library. Wasn't sure if I wanted to dump the $12 (USD) for the Kindle version of this book. Glad that I checked it out from the library as this book is ok.

As another reviewer noted, this book is more a "dummy" guide than anything else. If you want to get into the weeds with ChatGPT or color outside the lines, then you will need another book - this is not the book you are looking for.

I focused mainly on the prompts for creative and fiction writing. One thing that I have used ChatGPT for in my own writing is breaking writer's block. Some of the writing prompts are more useful than others - YMMV.

[ARC · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am used ChatGPT for more than a year extensively and thought I could glean some nuggets from this book given its click-baity title, but it was underwhelming for an experienced user. First chapter started with the raw basics of setting up an account etc. so this is really targeted at very new beginners.

[Anastasiia Shevchenko · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book was okay, but nothing exceptional. While it does contain a few good ideas, most of it reads like a list of random ChatGPT prompts. Perhaps I'm not the target audience. It might be more helpful for elderly individuals or those who aren't very familiar with using the internet and need a basic introduction to ChatGPT.

[TL Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know very little about ChatGPT and the possibilities for use in daily life. So this was a nice introduction to some ways the average person might make use of it and how to do so. It also provided some good tips for getting the most out of it, some ideas of the current limitations, and so on.

[Mikhail Filatov · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is actually “ChatGPT for dummies”…absolutely no attempt by the author to introduce any structure to the prompts (role, context, task ), no discussion of AI hallucinations, etc.

[Tim K · Rating 1 out of 5]

why did I read this book

[Eric Carzon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good, pretty quick summary of several different ways to use Chat GPT.

[Nick · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very tepid, boring book