AI 301: Directing the AI's Attention
Understand how AI focuses on different parts of your prompt and structure inputs to direct attention
An AI doesn't read a prompt sequentially like a human. It uses an "attention mechanism" to decide which words are most important to the task at hand. While you can't control this mechanism directly, you can structure your prompts to strategically guide its focus and prevent it from ignoring critical instructions.
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