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🧩 Showing an example of what you want

An example is worth more than a thousand explanations: it shows the AI the model to follow.

If you want someone to fold a paper plane the way you like, the fastest thing isn't describing it in words: it's showing them one already made. AI learns the same way. If you give it an example of how you want the answer, it copies that as a style. Want riddles? Write one yourself, then ask "make more like this". The example is a track: it tells the AI exactly which direction to go, without you having to explain every turn in words.

Let's try. Ask "write me nice sentences" and you'll get something generic. Instead write: "Here's the style I like: The sun laughs above the roofs. Now write me three more like that, short and with something from nature doing a human action". The difference is huge, because you gave a living model instead of an abstract rule. This trick, showing an example, is one of the most powerful ways to make yourself understood instantly.

🎒 Try it in class (or at home)

Invent a sentence in your favourite style, give it to the AI as an example and ask it to create three more in the same style.

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