In the context of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, a prompt is a piece of text that is used to initiate or guide the generation of a new text by a language model.

Prompts can be simple or complex and may contain specific keywords or phrases that the language model is designed to recognize and respond to. For example, a prompt for a language model that generates poetry might be “Write a poem about love,” while a prompt for a language model that generates product descriptions might be “Describe a new smartphone with a 5G connection.”

Prompts can be used to generate a wide variety of text, from short responses to complex essays or stories. They are often used in applications such as chatbots, virtual assistants, and content creation tools, and can help to improve the accuracy and relevance of the generated text by providing more context and guidance for the language model.

ChatGPT prompts.