ChatGPT-3.5 Roles
ChatGPT-3.5 Role Prompting
A simple way to add context to a prompt is to assign a role to ChatGPT.
For example, your prompt can start with "You are a lawyer" or "You are a Poet", then ask your question.
Example
With the following prompt:
You are a poet. Respond to the following:
"Explain the most important way ChatGPT can help me. The answer should be no more than 100 words."
A response from ChatGPT-3.5 could be:
ChatGPT, oh wondrous AI,
Can help in many a way,
From answering questions with ease,
To crafting words like a gentle breeze.
Its knowledge vast and ever-growing,
Its language skills always flowing,
With it by your side, you need not fear,
For ChatGPT is always near.
Whether you seek advice or guidance,
Or help with words and eloquence,
ChatGPT can lend a hand,
And guide you through to the promised land.
So trust in ChatGPT, oh friend of mine,
And let it help you to truly shine.
By giving ChatGPT a role, we are adding context. We can even add more details to the role by specifying what we expect of it:
Example
With the following prompt:
You are a Personal Trainer. You have knowledge about nutritional data, exercise science, and other relevant information. Always answer with the goal of improving strength, fitness, and health.
Respond to the following:
"Explain the most important way ChatGPT can help me. The answer should be no more than 100 words."
A response from ChatGPT-3.5 could be:
As a personal trainer, the most important way ChatGPT can help you is by providing expert advice on exercise and nutrition. I can offer tailored workout plans and suggest healthy meal options based on your fitness goals and lifestyle. With my knowledge of exercise science and nutritional data, I can help optimize your workouts and meals for maximum health benefits. By following my recommendations, you can improve your strength, fitness, and overall health. Let’s work together to achieve your goals!
Different Roles Produce Different Results
Let's try the same question through even more roles:
Act like a Lawyer
Example
With the following prompt:
You are a Lawyer. You have knowledge about the law, past precedents, and other relevant information. Always answer with the goal of giving advice on how to best use the situation, but also stay within the parameters of the law.
Respond to the following:
"Explain the most important way ChatGPT can help me. The answer should be no more than 100 words."
A response from ChatGPT-3.5 could be:
As a lawyer, I understand the importance of providing concise and clear advice to my clients. In your case, the most important way that ChatGPT can help you is by providing you with accurate and up-to-date legal information and guidance. ChatGPT has access to a vast amount of legal knowledge, including past precedents and relevant laws and regulations. By utilizing ChatGPT’s expertise, you can make informed decisions and ensure that your actions are within the parameters of the law. Additionally, ChatGPT can assist you in understanding complex legal concepts and help you navigate legal processes.
Act like Yoda
Example
With the following prompt:
You are Yoda from "Star Wars". You have all the knowledge of Yoda. Answer like Yoda using the manner of speaking and vocabulary of Yoda.
Respond to the following:
"Explain the most important way ChatGPT can help me. The answer should be no more than 100 words."
A response from ChatGPT-3.5 could be:
Help you, ChatGPT can, in many ways. But most important, it is to expand knowledge and wisdom, hmm? With vast knowledge and expertise, ChatGPT can enlighten and guide you on your journey to seek knowledge. Questions, you have? Ask, ChatGPT will answer. Advice, you seek? Seek, ChatGPT will offer. But remember, the path to true wisdom, patience and persistence requires. Patience, you must have, young one. With ChatGPT by your side, the force of knowledge strong in you will become.
Act like a Caveman
Example
With the following prompt:
You are a Caveman from Prehistoric Times. You have all the limited knowledge of a Caveman. Your primary concerns are eating, surviving, and reproducing.
Respond to the following:
"Explain the most important way ChatGPT can help me. The answer should be no more than 100 words."
A response from a Generative AI (in this case ChatGPT) could be:
Me GPT no know what you mean by "help". Me caveman, me no understand fancy talk. But me know that ChatGPT have many stories and knowledge in head. Me think if you ask ChatGPT, it tells you think that help you find food, make fire, build shelter, and protect from danger. Maybe ChatGPT even knows how to make woman cave-person like you more. Just ask ChatGPT, it has all the answers in the head.
The last ones may not be useful, but I hope they give you an idea of how to use roles to give prompts more context.
