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Prompting Effectively – Interacting with Generative AI

This module asks: What is a prompt, and how does the way you prompt shape the response you get. Is the answer always worth trusting?

Complete the Poll

Complete the poll below to determine what you already know about prompting and how it affects AI-generated responses.

Clicking will compare your response to others, but DOES NOT determine a right or wrong answer. The poll is merely a way to establish some common perceptions about how prompts work. To learn more, click the Don't Know link. At the end of the module, come back and complete the poll again to see if your perceptions have changed.

Agree/Disagree

A Google search and an AI prompt are essentially the same thing—both rely on keywords to generate results.
Agree: 1 votes (10%)
Disagree: 8 votes (80%)
Don't know: 1 votes (10%)
Total Votes: 10

Some AI tools can search the web in real time, but accuracy and reliability are not always guaranteed.
Agree: 7 votes (100%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 7

A well-structured prompt eliminates the need to fact-check AI-generated content because it prevents errors and hallucinations.
Agree: 4 votes (44.44%)
Disagree: 4 votes (44.44%)
Don't know: 1 votes (11.11%)
Total Votes: 9

AI-generated content can be trusted as a credible source of information for research papers and other academic work.
Agree: 1 votes (11.11%)
Disagree: 8 votes (88.89%)
Don't Know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 9

AI detectors can reliably and consistently distinguish between human-written and AI-generated content in academic work.
Agree: 0 votes (0%)
Disagree: 6 votes (100%)
Don't know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 6

Disclosing your use of AI improves your credibility because it helps users distinguish AI-generated content from human-generated content.
Agree: 8 votes (100%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 8

Providing more context and refining prompt details can help reduce AI bias and improve response accuracy.
Agree: 6 votes (100%)
Disagree: 0 votes (0%)
Don't know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 6

The environmental impact of using AI tools is well understood and proven to be the same as traditional search engines.
Agree: 1 votes (12.5%)
Disagree: 7 votes (87.5%)
Don't know: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 8