The Secret to Using Gen AI is Applied Improvisation (AI).
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Created by Troy, Brad, Gary, and ChatGPT.
Everyone today wants to leverage the power of ChatGPT.
However, despite using GPT or another Gen AI, many people are struggling to reap real benefits.
Here’s our insight:
The secret to using ChatGPT is being able to improvise with it.
The relationship you want to have with ChatGPT is more like the relationship you have with an improv partner on a stage than any technology you’ve used before. It’s co-creative, responsive, iterative, playful, and consistently surprising.
The best improvisers are patient. They don’t force their own agendas, and they build scenes together, with no one in charge.
In short, they bring an Improv Mindset.
Let go — Release rigid expectations, so when AI responds in a surprising way, leverage it rather than become frustrated or stuck.
Notice more — Pay attention to the unexpected gems and dig into what’s working. Watch for patterns and tiny details and phrases.
Use everything — Ask a lot of questions. Make a lot of offers. Don’t block. Go back and forth with multiple “yes, ands”.
As you can imagine, as we are writing this, we have been collaborating with ChatGPT, taking its offers and yes-anding them.
We’ll give ChatGPT the last word:
“Just like in improv, the quality of the scene depends on the interaction, not the cleverness of one performer. The more you bring curiosity, specificity, and a willingness to build, the more meaningful (and sometimes magical) the results become.”
