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. 2024 Mar 12;24:e13.

Supplemental Material 4.

Strategies for iterative prompting of ChatGPT.

Strategy Description of Strategy
Initial prompt
  • Give the chatbot a baseline prompt to initiate the idea generation process

  • Repeat the same prompt multiple limes or provide slight variations with additional context

Iterative prompt
  • Specific constraints can be provided or a specific industry or technology can be indicated

  • Aim to develop either a broader range or narrow focus depending on the goals of the prompting

Comparative analysis
  • Analyze results to identify patterns, variations, and any new concepts that emerged

  • Compare the results across the iterative prompting schemes to see evolution

Synthesis and selection
  • Chose the most promising ideas

  • Combine elements from various rounds of prompts to create hybrid concepts or refined ideas