I have been using Pralana online for a few months and have been most satisfied with the programs thoroughness, user flexibility and end output results. Charlie has been quick to respond to a few minor glitches, etc. I believe a few more graphs might give the end user a targeted “visual” view of various situation.
I have been running Pralana plans and scenarios thru varied AI programs while prompting them to comment, improve if possible, point out flaws, suggest alternatives and other ideas, etc. Fun, fun……
I suggest the Pralana team might incorporate AI in some form within their already truly excellent program. Best to all, God bless America!
Thanks for starting this discussion! In the meantime, it might be useful to post examples of useful AI prompts. Unless there is such a collection already (?), perhaps example prompts could exist here for now, with Mr Berman posting a handful of his favorites?
@Daniel Berman - Have you tried Notebook LM? Take the Pralana User Manual and drop it into Notebook LM; then, ask any "how-to" question you have. The results are nice, providing step-by-step instructions tailored to your specific question. I've used this approach on numerous other software and equipment manuals. Notebook LM does not go to the web for information; it only operates based on what you feed it, resulting in fewer hallucinations, if any.
I'd be interested in knowing if others have used NLM for this purpose in Pralana and if you found any additional data to input along with the manual. Are there any relevant YouTube videos available?
Not against the idea -- I actually like the NLM stated operating model a lot. But, how do Stuart and other authors feel about their content getting uploaded to a LLM, even with presumably honest and enforced written policies by the LLM host? None of us users really know what happens to the data after uploading.
@chrisb @stuart Good question! Stuart, do you object to such a use of NLM? From my perspective it enhances your product and gives a product that is more user-friendly. The reviews I have looked at typically say your product is better than the others (therefore, why I bought Pralana), but a couple commented along the lines of a "steeper learning curve," I thought NLM significantly smoothes out the steepness of that curve, at least in the humble opinion of this rookie. 😉
I have done some initial investigation about how to build this feature directly into Pralana Online, but set it aside to work on other things. I would want to feed the LLM both the user manual and the content of all the page descriptions. Also all the input fields and tabular projection columns and their respective popup info content which contains, collectively, a lot of info. All of that I can provide in an Excel configuration spreadsheet.
If any subscribers, or someone you know, might be able to help with this, please email me at charlie@pralanaconsulting.com.
I'm not opposed to this kid of feature but would not ask to make it a priority. More importantly, I understand that the developer would need to be very careful about how the data is shared with any LLM and make sure that is fully and properly disclosed in detail to customers.
