Getting Started with ChatGPT and AI Chatbots

An introduction to generative AI tools

By (author) Mark Pesce Illustrated by Grant Wright

Publication date:

06 December 2023

Length of book:

104 pages

Publisher

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

ISBN-13: 9781780176413

Learn how to use ChatGPT, Bing Chat / Copilot, and Bard to get the most out of these powerful tools.

ChatGPT has become a tool hundreds of millions use every day - yet few have mastered the art of sweet-talking these new AI chatbots into providing detailed and accurate responses to user prompts. It's vital for every professional tech user to have an understanding of how AI chatbots work, and how best to put them to work.

While the fear is that AI will take people’s jobs, it is more likely to be someone using AI that will!

Getting Started with ChatGPT and AI Chatbots explores the ‘big three’ AI chatbots - OpenAI ChatGPT, Microsoft / Windows Copilot and Google Bard - demystifying their operation, and providing a wealth of tools for thinking about how to talk to these smart tools.

Whether you're a business user, a tech student, or a curious professional, this book is for you to understand and demystify Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI tools, harnessing them to enhance your role.

Introduction 1. Getting Started 2. How AI Chatbots Work 3. Security and Privacy 4. Simple Prompts 5. Reasoning and Summarising 6. Truthiness and Chatbots 7. Character, Context and Conflict 8. Using Character, Context and Challenge to Craft Powerful Prompts 9. Chain of Thought Prompts 10. Computer Says No 11. Creating Images with Bing Chat 12. Windows Copilot 13. Autonomous Agents 14. Will and AI Chatbot Take My Job 15. What the Future Holds / Next Steps

In this ever so timely book, one of my favourite technologists Mark Pesce, takes us through and behind the screen to explain how the latest generation of AI chatbots actually work. But this is not a book about chatbots, this is a book about how to use AI-powered chatbots in daily life, and how to use them to their fullest potential.