2.10 – Top 5 Useful Prompts You Should Try Lesson

Lesson Overview

This lesson presents five prompts that make using AI language models both approachable and useful in daily work. Each prompt targets a common task: proofreading written content, translating languages, summarizing lengthy videos, creating tables for comparison, and simulating conversations between well-known figures. These prompts were selected because they deliver high value with minimal effort and are used frequently for tasks ranging from basic document cleanup to advanced content creation.

Proofreading helps polish your writing for emails or posts by focusing strictly on grammar and spelling errors. Language translation goes beyond basic tools, offering multi-language support for things like website captions or global communication. Video summarization uses ChatGPT plugins to digest YouTube content, which is especially beneficial for content creators and marketers seeking efficiency. Table creation lets you structure and compare data points for analysis without spending time in spreadsheets. Simulating expert conversations generates unique, research-focused dialogue for brainstorming or learning.

Anyone dealing with information overload, content production, or collaborative projects will find these prompts easy to use and valuable in real scenarios—whether you work in business, education, or creative industries.

Who This Is For

If you seek quick improvements in your daily productivity or content quality, this lesson is designed for you. People who will benefit include:

• Business professionals looking to streamline writing or research tasks
• Content creators who publish regularly and need faster editing or translation
• Educators and students producing reports or studying complex topics
• Marketers generating summaries, tables, or comparative content
• Researchers seeking new perspectives or simulated discussions on a subject
• Anyone interested in making smarter use of AI for everyday work

Where This Fits in a Workflow

These AI prompts slot into multiple points of a typical workflow. Use proofreading right before sending an email or publishing a blog post for an instant final check. Apply translation if your document or web content will reach an international audience. If you’re analyzing a long video for insights, the AI video summary can save hours. Creating tables is helpful when you need to compare software, features, or trends for reports or decision-making. Simulating a conversation between experts gives quick, fresh viewpoints for brainstorming, research, or teaching.

For example, a marketer could analyze competitor offerings by generating a table, then translate marketing copy for global campaigns, and use video summarization to keep up with industry webinars. Each prompt adds speed and reliability to typical business or academic cycles.

Technical & Workflow Benefits

Traditionally, proofreading meant reading your content multiple times or relying on built-in spellcheckers, which can miss subtle errors. With the AI proofreading prompt, grammar and spelling issues are highlighted and corrected instantly, complete with a clear summary of all changes. Translation, often done with single-purpose tools, can now be more accurate and adapted thanks to AI’s contextual understanding, supporting more nuanced use cases across languages.

Video summarization with plugins saves you the trouble of watching hours of footage to extract main points. Table generation replaces manual formatting and data entry by instantly producing editable comparisons or overviews, letting you focus on decisions rather than layout. Simulating conversations between experts is nearly impossible by hand, but with AI you can generate new insights or turn complex topics into manageable dialogues.

Across use cases, these prompts save time, reduce revisions, and help deliver higher quality, more consistent work—making AI not just helpful, but dependable.

Practice Exercise

Try using these AI prompts for a project relevant to your work or studies:

1. Select a short paragraph from your most recent email or document. Use the proofreading prompt: “Can you proofread the following text and fix grammar and spelling? Then give me exactly what you changed.”
2. Translate the corrected text into another language (e.g., “Can you translate this to Spanish?”).
3. Optional: Pick a recent YouTube video and ask the AI to summarize it, or use the table prompt: “Create a table comparing [Topic A] and [Topic B].”

After completing these steps, compare the AI’s output to your manual process (if any).

Reflection: Did the AI catch errors or produce results faster than your usual workflow?

Course Context Recap

This lesson builds on earlier chapters in The Ultimate Guide to Generative AI, shifting focus from basic understanding to powerful, actionable prompts. Previously, you learned about customizing and interacting with AI. Now, you have specific prompts you can start using right away for proofreading, translating, summarizing, table creation, and expert simulation. The next lessons will explore even more advanced capabilities and techniques, so continue with the course to keep unlocking efficient, high-impact uses for generative AI in your own tasks.