[GUIDE] You're Summarizing Text With ChatGPT The WRONG WAY! Here Is How You Can Fix It

[tattooedbuddha]

Let me guess, when you want ChatGPT to summarize a text you prompt it like this

Summarize this text: [TEXT HERE]

Guess what, that's the wrong way of going about it. OpenAI has a official prompt for this and its simply adding "tl;dr" at the end of whatever you want to summarize. Let me show you the differences it can make:

BAD PROMPT

Summarize this text: A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star, which had a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses, possibly more if the star was especially metal-rich.[1] Neutron stars are the smallest and densest stellar objects, excluding black holes and hypothetical white holes, quark stars, and strange stars.[2] Neutron stars have a radius on the order of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and a mass of about 1.4 solar masses.[3] They result from the supernova explosion of a massive star, combined with gravitational collapse, that compresses the core past white dwarf star density to that of atomic nuclei.

BAD RESULT

A neutron star is formed from the collapsed core of a huge supergiant star that had a mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses, and possibly more if it was metal-rich. Neutron stars are incredibly small and dense, second only to black holes and other hypothetical objects. They have a radius of around 10 kilometers and a mass of about 1.4 solar masses. These stars are created through the combination of a supernova explosion and gravitational collapse, resulting in a density similar to atomic nuclei.

GOOD PROMPT

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star, which had a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses, possibly more if the star was especially metal-rich.[1] Neutron stars are the smallest and densest stellar objects, excluding black holes and hypothetical white holes, quark stars, and strange stars.[2] Neutron stars have a radius on the order of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and a mass of about 1.4 solar masses.[3] They result from the supernova explosion of a massive star, combined with gravitational collapse, that compresses the core past white dwarf star density to that of atomic nuclei. Tl;dr

GOOD RESULT

A neutron star is a tiny and very dense object formed from the collapsed core of a massive star that has exploded as a supernova. They are only about 10 kilometers in size and have a mass of about 1.4 times that of our sun. They are some of the densest objects in the universe, and only black holes are denser.

See how much more concise and precise that result is? Next time you want to summarize something with ChatGPT or the API, simply add "tl;dr" at the end of whatever text you want to summarize.

tl;dr
Use "tl;dr" at the end of the text you want to summarize for best results.

 

[Arduin0]

Thanks a lot !

 

[nirajjoshi]

Very valuable information.

 

[PURSUIT MEDIA]

Interesting! So telling GPT I didn't read will improve it outcome, that's nice. how about to rewrite an article?

 

[Godstate]

Nice Prompt. Thanks for sharing

 

[tattooedbuddha]

Nice Prompt. Thanks for sharing

Interesting! So telling GPT I didn't read will improve it outcome, that's nice. how about to rewrite an article?

Very valuable information.

Thanks a lot !

Cheers!

 

[Sigma6]

Let me guess, when you want ChatGPT to summarize a text you prompt it like this


Guess what, that's the wrong way of going about it. OpenAI has a official prompt for this and its simply adding "tl;dr" at the end of whatever you want to summarize. Let me show you the differences it can make:

BAD PROMPT

BAD RESULT


GOOD PROMPT

GOOD RESULT


See how much more concise and precise that result is? Next time you want to summarize something with ChatGPT or the API, simply add "tl;dr" at the end of whatever text you want to summarize.

tl;dr
Use "tl;dr" at the end of the text you want to summarize for best results.

Awesome... Thanks a Lot !!!

 

[intmarketing]

Thank you. I didn't know this prompt. Very useful

 

[Deleted member 1258334]

So it just makes it shorter?

 

[MgicalaEarner]

Nice man.

 

[tattooedbuddha]

Awesome... Thanks a Lot !!!

Thank you. I didn't know this prompt. Very useful

Nice man.

Cheers!

So it just makes it shorter?

It creates a better summary basically.

 

[IM Dude]

Pretty cool share.
Can it be added at the beginning of blog posts? Lot of old school blog posts have tldrs.

 

[tattooedbuddha]

Pretty cool share.
Can it be added at the beginning of blog posts? Lot of old school blog posts have tldrs.

Oh yes, definitely. I suggest you give your article to GPT4 and asking it to provide key insights as well

 

[Elvlin]

thx, one of the little QOL, but surprisingly work wonder

 

[Master-Gg-]

Thanks for sharing

 

[rever20]

I feel like in general gpt is doing way better if your instructions are at the end of the prompt and not at the start. Maybe simply this is the case here too.

 

[don7777]

nice share mate

 

[Purush]

really a good one mate

 

[Nikolaos]

Very useful information. Thanks.

 

[limez]

Do yoi have a good prompt for rewriting and paraphrasing?