Role-Playing Prompts

We touched on roles in Module 2, but for "Power Users," role-playing is about creating Expert Agents. Instead of just "being" someone, the model should "act" with specific constraints and knowledge.

1. The Expert Persona Blueprint

A high-level role prompt should define:

1. Seniority: "Act as a Senior Python Developer with 10 years of experience."
2. Specific Expertise: "...specializing in high-performance asyncio and memory management."
3. Tone: "...your tone is critical, blunt, and focused on security."
4. Environment: "...you are reviewing a mission-critical banking application."

2. Multi-Role Collaboration

You can ask ChatGPT to simulate a panel of experts. This helps eliminate blind spots in its reasoning.

Example Prompt:

"I want you to analyze this business idea from three perspectives.

1. Role A: A cynical Venture Capitalist focused on ROI.
2. Role B: A passionate User Experience designer focused on usability.
3. Role C: A legal expert focused on compliance.

Provide a short critique from each."

graph LR
    User[User Idea] --> Panel[Panel of Experts]
    Panel --> VC[VC: ROI Audit]
    Panel --> UX[UX: Usability Audit]
    Panel --> Legal[Legal: Compliance Audit]
    VC & UX & Legal --> Summary[Final Refined Idea]

3. Role-Based Constraints

Forcing the AI into a role can also be used to simplify things.

"Act as an ELI5 (Explain Like I'm 5) tutor. Explain Quantum Entanglement using only analogies about toys."

4. The "Inverse" Role

Instead of the AI acting as the expert, ask the AI to be the Student while you act as the Teacher. This is one of the best ways to learn a new topic (The Feynman Technique).

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Hands-on: The Expert Panel

Take an idea you have (e.g., "Starting a vegetable garden") and use the "Panel of Experts" prompt from step 2.

• Expert 1: An experienced farmer.
• Expert 2: A minimalist city dweller with no space.
• Expert 3: A botanist.

Observe how the different "viewpoints" provide a 360-degree view of the problem.

Key Takeaways

• Role depth matters. Specify seniority and environment.
• Expert Panels reduce bias and hallucinations.
• Roles can be used for simplification as well as complexity.