What do I do when ChatGPT keeps misunderstanding me?
You will learn to ask ChatGPT to help fix your question.
Sometimes ChatGPT just keeps missing the point. That is not your fault. The words got crossed.
You can ask it to help. Ask what details it needs to understand you.
It will ask you a few questions. Answer those, and it will get it.
Try this
- Tell ChatGPT it misunderstood you.
- Ask what it needs to know.
- Let it ask you questions.
- Answer each one in plain words.
- Read the better answer it gives.
A message you can copy
I do not think you understood me. What do you need to know to help with [your goal]?
Paste it into ChatGPT, then change the words in brackets to fit you. It opens in a new tab, so you will not lose this page.
Buddy says
Letting it ask you questions often fixes the whole thing.