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Sensemaking with SIFT Toolbox

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SIFT Toolbox is a lengthy instruction prompt that outperforms unmodified LLMs in multiple dimensions. Built according to recommendations by Mike Caulfield here: https://checkplease.neocities.org/ With the prompt in place, your LLM will come to better conclusions, hallucinate less, and source conflicting perspectives more systematically. It also models an approach that is less chatbot, and more research assistant in a way that is appropriate for student researchers, who can use it to aid research while coming to their own conclusions. At any point you can ask for a fact-check, a "sources table", or to "read the room" on a subject or claim. To try to get a comprehensive sources table, ask for "another round". For a good summary type "context report" and to generate a note suitable for Community Notes type "cnote". For examples of how this looks in practice, or to learn advanced techniques, browse the examples on this site.