Learning Timeline
Key Insights
Advantages of Grok over ChatGPT/Claude
Grok is trained to be more direct. While other AIs like ChatGPT often use 'hedging language' (indirect phrasing) and Claude tries to remain neutral, Grok is willing to take clear positions or stances in its writing.
Quality Content Tips
Content with personality and 'attitude' performs better on social media. Avoid generic writing that is too balanced, as it's usually ignored by readers (scrolled past).
Dealing with AI Refusal
Grok is capable of producing tougher or more aggressive content that might be rejected by other AIs for being 'too focused on being inoffensive'.
Prompts
Custom Instructions (Personality Setting)
Target:
Grok
Write with confidence. No hedging language. Take clear positions. Be conversational, not formal.
Critical Article Writing Prompt
Target:
Grok
Write me an intro for a piece about AI agents being overhyped. The angle is that set it and forget it. Automation is mostly marketing, and reality requires constant supervision that defeats the purpose.
Prompt for 'Blunt' & Aggressive Style
Target:
Grok
Rewrite that last section, but make it more blunt. Don't be polite about the overpromising.
Research-Based Fact Writing Prompt
Target:
Grok
Now write me three specific examples of the gap between AI agent marketing and reality. Use the research from earlier.
Step by Step
Setting Up Custom Instructions in Grok for Bold Writing
- Open the Grok interface in your browser.
- Click on the dropdown icon located at the top-right corner of the screen.
- Find the Custom Instructions section to set permanent writing style preferences.
- Enter specific instructions in the Custom Instructions box: 'Write with confidence. No hedging language. Take clear positions. Be conversational, not formal.'
- Ensure the settings are saved or the status shows 'locked in' before starting a chat.
- Type your writing prompt in the chat box (e.g., writing an intro about AI agents).
- If the output is still too polite, type an additional instruction like 'Rewrite that last section, but make it more blunt' to push Grok to be more aggressive.
