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A Checklist for Any Poor Output What to check first.DID YOU GIVE CONTEXT?Who you are, what you do, what the situation is.The most... AI Troubleshooting: Everything That Matters, Briefly The section summarised.FOR POOR QUALITYAlmost always the prompt. Add context, audience, length... How to Correct Output Effectively Iterating well.BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG"Make it better" changes things arbitrarily."The... It Agrees With Everything I Say No useful pushback.WHYModels are trained toward helpfulness. Human raters preferred agreeable... It Contradicted Itself Inconsistency within output.WHERE IT HAPPENSLong pieces Anything generated in sections Long... It Forgot What We Discussed Lost context.WHAT HAPPENEDThe conversation exceeded what can be considered at once, and earlier... It Gave Me Wrong Information Factual errors.WHY IT HAPPENSIt generates plausible text. Plausible and true are different... It Gives Different Answers Each Time Inconsistency between attempts.WHYResponses are generated with deliberate variation.WHY THAT IS... It Got Nigerian Details Wrong Local accuracy problems.WHY IT HAPPENSModels are trained predominantly on material from other... It Ignored Part of My Instruction Missed requirements.WHY IT HAPPENSToo many instructions at once Important instructions buried in... It Invented a Source or Citation Fabricated references.WHAT HAPPENSAsk for sources and you receive citations that look entirely... It Is Out of Date Old information.WHYModels are trained to a point in time. Anything after that is unknown.WHAT... It Keeps Using Bullet Points Format problems.THE CAUSEModels default to lists and headings whether or not they suit.THE... It Refused My Request Declined to help.WHY IT HAPPENSSome requests resemble ones that could cause harm, even when yours... It Will Not Follow My Format Structured output problems.THE CAUSEThe format was described rather than demonstrated.THE FIXGive... Knowing When to Stop and Do It Yourself Recognising the limit.THE SIGNSYou have iterated four times without improvement Correcting takes... Preventing Problems Before They Happen Habits that avoid trouble.BUILD A STYLE BRIEFPaste it into every writing request.Solves tone,... The Code Does Not Work Programming problems.THE COMMON CAUSESOutdated methods removed in current versions A library that... The Extracted Data Is Wrong Extraction problems.THE COMMON CAUSESPoor image or scan quality Complex table layouts Fields not... The Image Reading Is Wrong Problems with photographs and scans.WHAT AFFECTS ACCURACY MOSTImage quality Lighting Angle... The Numbers Are Wrong Arithmetic and figures.TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMSCalculation errors: it did the sum wrongInvented... The Output Is Too Generic It could apply to anyone.WHAT IT LOOKS LIKENothing specific to your business No examples Balanced... The Output Is Too Long More words than you needed.THE CAUSENo length specified. It produces whatever it defaults to,... The Output Is Too Short or Thin Not enough substance.THE CAUSEUsually not enough in the prompt.A one-line request produces a... The Output Repeats Itself The same point, several times.WHERE IT HAPPENS MOSTLong pieces Anything generated in sections... The Response Stopped Mid-Sentence Truncated output.WHYThere is a limit on how long a single response can be.WHAT TO DOAsk it to... The Summary Missed What I Needed Summarisation problems.THE CAUSEYou asked for a general summary. It covered what the document... The Tone Is Wrong It does not sound right.WHAT IT USUALLY SOUNDS LIKECorporate, enthusiastic, or formal in a way... The Translation Is Wrong or Awkward Language problems.WHY IT HAPPENSPerformance varies substantially by language.Languages with less...

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