(EN)PowerFlow: Lists in Parallel
Lists in Parallel
This is how we can use Lists and the Parallel AI model in PowerFlow
to save time and increase our productivity exponentially.
What are Lists?
A JSON list is essentially a digital box where you store information
in an organized way.
Think of it as a sophisticated filing system.
Each file (or piece of information) is labeled and stored so that
your smart assistant (in this case, the Sequential
tool) can easily find and use it.
In the context of teaching, a JSON list can store details about each
lecture, like topics, key points, and resources, in a structured
format that your computer can understand!
What is Parallel?
Imagine you're doing the preparation of multiple lectures, grading
assignments, and conducting research.
Traditionally, you might prioritize these tasks one after the other,
dedicating blocks of your day or week to each activity sequentially.
Using parallel, you can have multiple tasks running at the same time,
increasing your productivity and effectiveness exponentially!
Let's go over an example.
First we will use Stream mode to tell it we want to give us the top
20 most popular topics of higher education teaching in Europe.
We also specify that we want the output in a JSON list!
Once it generates the list, we can click on a useful button titled
Create New List on the right side of the JSON code window!
Make sure to change your list's name to something
that is clear to you.
In this case, we will call it Top 20 Popular H-ED Topics in Europe.
Once we click create, the list is ready to be used
elsewhere in PowerFlow!
At this point, we will go to Parallel and use our list and a basic
prompt to generate academic advising profiles for those top 20 topics
in a fraction of the time.
First, we will name our conversation something we want.
Secondly, we will click on the box that says "Populate from list".
We then click on Lists of Variables and select our newly made list
from the drop-down menu.
You will notice this will show us the variables in
the list, in some brack