Multi-Perspective

🎭 Multi-Perspective Prompting: See the World Through Many Eyes!

Imagine you’re standing in the middle of a big playground. From where you stand, you can only see the swings. But your friend on the slide sees the sandbox. Another friend on the monkey bars sees the whole playground!

That’s Multi-Perspective Prompting — asking AI to look at problems from different viewpoints, just like asking all your friends what they see!

🌟 Why Does This Matter?

When you only look at something one way, you might miss important stuff. Like when you’re looking for your lost toy under the bed, but it was actually on the shelf behind you!

Multi-Perspective prompting helps AI:

• See problems from different angles
• Find solutions you might have missed
• Give better, more complete answers

🎯 The Five Magic Lenses

Think of these as five different pairs of glasses. Each pair helps you see the world differently!

graph LR
    A["Multi-Perspective Prompting"] --> B["👓 Perspective-Taking"]
    A --> C["⚔️ Debate Prompting"]
    A --> D["🎓 Expert Prompting"]
    A --> E["❓ Socratic Prompting"]
    A --> F["🔮 Counterfactual"]

    B --> B1[See through<br>others' eyes]
    C --> C1["Two sides&lt;br&gt;argue it out"]
    D --> D1["Ask the&lt;br&gt;specialists"]
    E --> E1["Questions&lt;br&gt;lead to answers"]
    F --> F1["What if things&lt;br&gt;were different?"]

👓 1. Perspective-Taking Prompts

What Is It?

Asking AI to pretend to be someone else and see the problem through their eyes.

Simple Analogy

Remember playing pretend? You’d say “I’m a doctor!” and suddenly you’d think about band-aids and medicine. That’s perspective-taking!

How It Works

You tell AI: “Look at this problem as if you were a [specific person]”

Example

Without Perspective:

“Is homework good?”

With Perspective-Taking:

"Explain homework from three viewpoints:

1. A tired 10-year-old who wants to play
2. A parent who wants their child to learn
3. A teacher who assigned it"

Why It’s Powerful

Each viewpoint reveals something different:

• The child shows us the struggle
• The parent shows us the hope
• The teacher shows us the intention

Quick Template

Look at [topic] from the perspective of:
1. [Person A] who [their situation]
2. [Person B] who [their situation]
3. [Person C] who [their situation]
What would each person think, feel, and say?

⚔️ 2. Debate Prompting

What Is It?

Making AI argue both sides of a topic — like having a friendly argument with yourself!

Simple Analogy

Imagine two puppets on your hands. One puppet says “Pizza is the best food!” The other says “No, tacos are better!” They argue, and YOU learn about both foods!

How It Works

You ask AI to create two (or more) sides that disagree and let them battle it out with ideas.

Example

Basic Question:

“Should kids have phones?”

Debate Prompt:

"Create a debate between two experts:

Dr. TechYes believes kids should have phones Dr. TechNo believes kids shouldn’t have phones

Each must give 3 arguments. Then summarize the best points from both."

The Magic Result

You don’t just get ONE answer — you get:

• Arguments FOR ✅
• Arguments AGAINST ❌
• The BEST of both worlds 🌟

Quick Template

Create a debate on [topic]:

SIDE A: [Position 1]
- Give 3 strong arguments

SIDE B: [Position 2]
- Give 3 strong arguments

JUDGE: Summarize the strongest points from each

🎓 3. Expert Prompting

What Is It?

Asking AI to respond as if it were a specific type of expert.

Simple Analogy

If your bike breaks, you don’t ask a chef to fix it! You ask a bike mechanic. Expert prompting is like calling the RIGHT person for help.

How It Works

You tell AI exactly WHAT KIND of expert should answer.

Example

Vague Question:

“Tell me about water”

Expert Prompt:

“You are a marine biologist with 20 years of ocean research experience. Explain why ocean water is salty in a way that would fascinate a curious 8-year-old.”

Different Experts, Different Answers

The same topic changes completely:

Quick Template

You are a [type of expert] with [years] experience
in [specific area].

Explain [topic] focusing on [specific angle].
Target audience: [who will read this]

❓ 4. Socratic Prompting

What Is It?

Using questions to guide thinking — just like a wise old teacher named Socrates did 2,400 years ago!

Simple Analogy

Instead of telling you “2+2=4,” a Socratic teacher asks:

• “If you have 2 apples and get 2 more, how many do you have?”
• “What happens when you count them?”
• “Can you discover the answer yourself?”

You learn by DISCOVERING, not just being told!

How It Works

You ask AI to teach through questions, not answers.

Example

Regular Prompt:

“Explain why the sky is blue”

Socratic Prompt:

“Act as a Socratic teacher. Help me understand why the sky is blue by asking me guiding questions. Don’t give the answer directly — lead me to discover it through your questions. Start with what I might already know about light and colors.”

The Question Chain

Socratic prompts create a journey:

graph TD
    Q1["What colors make<br>up sunlight?"] --> A1["All colors!<br>Like a rainbow"]
    A1 --> Q2["What happens when<br>light hits something?"]
    Q2 --> A2["It bounces<br>or scatters"]
    A2 --> Q3["Which colors might<br>scatter more easily?"]
    Q3 --> A3["Shorter wavelengths...<br>like BLUE!"]
    A3 --> Q4["So why do we<br>see blue sky?"]
    Q4 --> A4["I DISCOVERED IT!"]

Quick Template

Be a Socratic teacher for [topic].

Instead of explaining directly:
1. Start with what I likely know
2. Ask questions that build on each other
3. Guide me to discover the answer myself
4. Celebrate when I figure it out!

🔮 5. Counterfactual Prompting

What Is It?

Asking “What if?” to explore different possibilities.

Simple Analogy

You know how in some movies, they show “What if the hero made a different choice?” That’s counterfactual thinking!

• What if Harry Potter went to Slytherin?
• What if dinosaurs never went extinct?
• What if you chose chocolate instead of vanilla?

How It Works

You ask AI to imagine different scenarios by changing one thing.

Example

Normal Question:

“Why did the Roman Empire fall?”

Counterfactual Prompt:

"Imagine the Roman Empire had discovered electricity 1,000 years early. How might history have changed? Consider:

• Military advantages
• Communication systems
• City life
• Their eventual fate"

Why It’s Magical

Counterfactual thinking helps us:

• Understand WHY things happened
• See hidden connections
• Think creatively about solutions

Quick Template

Consider this scenario: [real situation]

Now imagine: [one change]

How would this change affect:
1. [Area 1]?
2. [Area 2]?
3. [Area 3]?

What can this teach us about the original situation?

🎪 Putting It All Together

You can MIX these techniques! Here’s a super-prompt that uses ALL FIVE:

Topic: Should schools start later?

1. PERSPECTIVES: Show me viewpoints of a sleepy
   student, a working parent, and a school bus driver

2. DEBATE: Have the student and parent debate
   the pros and cons

3. EXPERT: What would a sleep scientist say?

4. SOCRATIC: Guide me to understand why sleep
   matters for learning through questions

5. COUNTERFACTUAL: What if schools started
   at 10 AM — how would everything change?

🚀 Your Quick Reference

💡 Remember This!

One question, many lenses = better answers!

Just like how you need different tools to build something cool (hammer, screwdriver, measuring tape), you need different perspectives to understand something deeply.

The more angles you look from, the clearer the picture becomes! 🎨

🎯 Try It Yourself!

Pick something you’re curious about. Now ask:

1. WHO would see this differently? (Perspective)
2. WHAT are the two sides? (Debate)
3. WHICH expert would help most? (Expert)
4. HOW can questions guide me? (Socratic)
5. WHAT IF one thing changed? (Counterfactual)

You’re now ready to see the world through many eyes! 👀✨