DeepSeek User Guide for Seniors

Times are chang­ing, and tech­nol­o­gy is advanc­ing. We, as seniors, shouldn't be left behind! Today, I'm intro­duc­ing a super help­ful tool – DeepSeek – and I'll guide you step-by-step on how to use it, so you can eas­i­ly embrace the ben­e­fits of high tech­nol­o­gy!

I. Getting to Know DeepSeek: Your AI Companion

🤔 What is DeepSeek?

Sim­ply put, DeepSeek is like a super-smart "online know-it-all" that under­stands our Chi­nese way of speak­ing. It can chat with you in Chi­nese, answer all sorts of ques­tions, and act as your 24/7 "smart but­ler."

🌟 What can DeepSeek do?

• Life's All-Around Expert: Whether it's health and well­ness, trav­el, legal advice, fam­i­ly mat­ters, or life hacks, you can ask DeepSeek any­thing you want to know!
• Prac­ti­cal Assis­tant: Want to learn a new recipe? Plan a trip? Write a birth­day greet­ing for your grand­child? DeepSeek can pro­vide prac­ti­cal sug­ges­tions and solu­tions.
• Car­ing Com­pan­ion: Bored at home alone? Chat with DeepSeek! It under­stands you, can tell jokes and sto­ries, and help alle­vi­ate lone­li­ness.

❗ What DeepSeek Can't Do:

• Pre­dict the future (like tomorrow's lot­tery num­bers).
• Make deci­sions for you (you still need to make your own choic­es on impor­tant mat­ters).
• Its answers aren't always 100% accu­rate (you need to use your judg­ment based on your sit­u­a­tion).

II. How to Use DeepSeek: Master it in 3 Minutes!

Don't wor­ry, DeepSeek is super easy to use, with a clear and straight­for­ward inter­face. You'll get the hang of it in no time!

1. Find­ing DeepSeek (Two Meth­ods)

• Using it on your phone (Rec­om­mend­ed):
  1. Open the app store on your phone (like "App­Gallery" or the "App Store" on iPhones).
  2. Type "DeepSeek" in the search bar at the top and find the app with a blue whale icon.
  3. Tap "Down­load" and install it.
  4. Open the app and fol­low the instruc­tions to reg­is­ter an account (you can use your phone num­ber or email).
• Using it on your com­put­er:
  1. Open a web brows­er on your com­put­er (like Baidu Brows­er or Google Chrome).
  2. Type the offi­cial web­site address in the address bar: https://chat.deepseek.com
  3. Fol­low the instruc­tions to fill in your infor­ma­tion and com­plete the reg­is­tra­tion.

⚠️ Friend­ly Reminder:

• If you encounter a "reg­is­tra­tion failed" mes­sage, it might be due to high serv­er traf­fic. Try again lat­er.
• Make sure you look for the blue whale icon to avoid down­load­ing fake apps!

2. Start Chat­ting!

After open­ing DeepSeek, you'll see a sim­ple inter­face, just like chat­ting with fam­i­ly and friends.

✅ The Right Way to Use It (Like Chat­ting with a Per­son):

• Speak Plain­ly: No need for fan­cy for­mat­ting; just talk as you nor­mal­ly would. For exam­ple:
  • ✅ "My low­er back hurts late­ly. What exer­cis­es are suit­able?"
  • ✅ "Help me write a birth­day greet­ing for my grand­child."
• Be Spe­cif­ic: Clear­ly state what you want to ask or do so DeepSeek can bet­ter assist you. For exam­ple:
  • ✅ "I'm a 70-year-old with knee pain. What gen­tle home exer­cis­es are suit­able? List 3 exer­cis­es and explain pre­cau­tions."
  • ❌ "My leg hurts, what should I do?"
• Be Patient: DeepSeek needs a lit­tle time to think. Don't wor­ry, just wait a few sec­onds.

❌ The Wrong Way to Use It (Avoid These Pit­falls!):

• Don't Share Pri­vate Infor­ma­tion: Nev­er enter sen­si­tive infor­ma­tion like your bank card num­ber or ID num­ber!
• Don't Trust Every­thing Com­plete­ly: DeepSeek's answers are for ref­er­ence only, espe­cial­ly for med­ical, med­ica­tion, and invest­ment mat­ters. Always con­sid­er your own sit­u­a­tion or con­sult pro­fes­sion­als!
• Don't Use Foul Lan­guage: Be polite and avoid curs­ing!

3. Inter­face Nav­i­ga­tion (Using the Mobile Ver­sion as an Exam­ple)

• View Chat His­to­ry (Clock Icon in the Top Left Cor­ner): Want to find pre­vi­ous con­ver­sa­tions? Click here! Just like check­ing your call his­to­ry, scroll down to see all past con­ver­sa­tions. Long-press a record to delete it.
• Upload Files (Paper­clip Icon in the Bot­tom Right Cor­ner): Want DeepSeek to help you review a con­tract or med­ical report? Click here! Select a file from your phone (pho­tos, PDFs, Word doc­u­ments are all sup­port­ed). Wait for the file to fin­ish upload­ing, then you can ask ques­tions. Note: Files should not exceed 20MB.
• Enable Web Search (Bot­tom Left Cor­ner): Want to check the lat­est weath­er fore­cast or news? Click here! When the icon turns blue (■), it means it's enabled. You can then direct­ly enter your ques­tion to get the lat­est infor­ma­tion.

III. Practical Questioning Tips (Make DeepSeek Understand You Better!)

1. The Uni­ver­sal Ques­tion­ing For­mu­la:

When you're unsure how to ask a ques­tion, remem­ber this for­mu­la:

"I want to 【do some­thing】, for 【whom/where】, aim­ing for 【what effect】, but I'm wor­ried about 【what prob­lem】"

For exam­ple:

• Cook­ing: "I want to make steamed sea bass for my spouse who has high blood pres­sure. I want it to be fla­vor­ful but low in sodi­um, but I'm wor­ried about not remov­ing the fishy smell com­plete­ly."
• Trav­el: "A cou­ple with their 5‑year-old grand­child are trav­el­ing in July for 5 days with a bud­get of 5000 yuan. They want a cool place with water activ­i­ties. Rec­om­mend 3 des­ti­na­tions in Chi­na."

2. Speak Plain­ly + Mag­ic Phrase:

If DeepSeek's answer is too tech­ni­cal and hard to under­stand, add this mag­ic phrase:

"Please explain it in a way that a veg­etable mar­ket aun­tie can under­stand."

For exam­ple:

• Orig­i­nal Answer: "Improve video trans­mis­sion speed by increas­ing home net­work band­width."
• After Adding the Phrase: "It's like replac­ing your home's inter­net cable with a thick­er water pipe, so watch­ing videos sent by your grand­child won't be pix­e­lat­ed."

3. Make the Answer More User-Friend­ly:

Add these requests after your ques­tion to make DeepSeek's response more suit­able for you:

• "Explain it in points 1, 2, 3" (for a more orga­nized answer).
• "Give an exam­ple using gro­cery shop­ping" (to sim­pli­fy com­plex con­cepts).
• "Write it like you're giv­ing advice to an old friend" (for a more friend­ly tone).

4. Ask Impor­tant Ques­tions This Way:

For impor­tant ques­tions, ask like this to have DeepSeek con­sid­er things more com­pre­hen­sive­ly:

"First, give advice, then iden­ti­fy three poten­tial prob­lems, and final­ly, pro­vide solu­tions for them all."

For exam­ple:

• Med­ical Con­sul­ta­tion: "Should I apply heat or cold to my knee pain? Answer using the method above."

5. Role-Play­ing Method:

When fac­ing a dif­fi­cult prob­lem, ask like this to have DeepSeek pro­vide advice from a professional's per­spec­tive:

• Appli­ance Repair: "Imag­ine you're an appli­ance repair tech­ni­cian with 20 years of expe­ri­ence. My refrigerator's fresh food com­part­ment is icing up. What should I do?"
• Child­care: "If you were a top-rat­ed kinder­garten teacher, how would you get a 5‑year-old child to do their home­work will­ing­ly?"

6. Add Quo­ta­tion Marks to Impor­tant Infor­ma­tion:

When look­ing for spe­cif­ic con­tent, remem­ber to add quo­ta­tion marks to key­words:

• Check­ing Poli­cies: "Jiang­su Province's 'One-Child Pol­i­cy Sub­sidy' new reg­u­la­tions for 2024"
• Find­ing Mem­o­ries: "Find the lyrics to the song 'The Moon on the Fif­teenth'"

IV. Practical Application Scenarios (A Great Life Helper!)

1. Health Con­sul­ta­tion (Key Point!)

• Chron­ic Dis­ease Man­age­ment: "I'm a hyper­ten­sion patient with a blood pres­sure of 145/95. I'm cur­rent­ly tak­ing amlodip­ine, and I've been expe­ri­enc­ing fre­quent dizzi­ness late­ly. What could be the cause? What should I be aware of?"
• Inter­pret­ing Med­ical Reports: Upload a pho­to of your med­ical report and ask: "Please explain these abnor­mal indi­ca­tors (marked with arrows) in sim­ple terms."

2. Fam­i­ly Affairs

• Doc­u­ment Pro­cess­ing: "What doc­u­ments do I need to replace a lost med­ical insur­ance card for a retiree in Shang­hai? Where should I go?"
• Emer­gency Sit­u­a­tions:
  • Lost Keys: "I've lost my house keys. What should I do?"
  • Pow­er Out­age: "My house sud­den­ly lost pow­er. How can I trou­bleshoot the cause and report it?"
• Fam­i­ly Rela­tion­ships: "My son and daugh­ter-in-law are always crit­i­ciz­ing my grandchild's grades. How can I medi­ate?"

3. Hob­bies and Enter­tain­ment

• Mobile Pho­tog­ra­phy: "Teach me how to take pho­tos of lotus flow­ers with a Huawei phone: from basic set­tings to com­po­si­tion tech­niques, explain it in 5 steps."
• Square Danc­ing: "I'm a 60-year-old learn­ing square danc­ing. Rec­om­mend 3 easy-to-learn intro­duc­to­ry videos."
• Cal­lig­ra­phy: "I'm a begin­ner in brush cal­lig­ra­phy. What char­ac­ters should I prac­tice dai­ly? What tools do I need?"

4. Life Hacks

• Kitchen Prob­lems:
  • Food Preser­va­tion: "How can I keep chives fresh for longer?"
  • Clean­ing Chal­lenges: "My kitchen is very greasy. How can I thor­ough­ly clean it?"
• Cloth­ing Care: "What are the pre­cau­tions for wash­ing, dry­ing, and stor­ing silk clothes?"

5. Trav­el

• Itin­er­ary Plan­ning: "A cou­ple with their grand­child are going to Qing­dao in July for 5 days. Rec­om­mend an itin­er­ary that's relaxed and not tir­ing."
• Trans­porta­tion Inquiries: "What's the eas­i­est way to get to the Sum­mer Palace from Bei­jing West Rail­way Sta­tion?"

V. Safety Tips (Very Important!)

1. Three Prin­ci­ples of Pri­va­cy Pro­tec­tion:

• Do not dis­close your spe­cif­ic address and house num­ber.
• Do not send pho­tos of fam­i­ly mem­bers to strangers.
• Do not enter bank card infor­ma­tion in the chat box.

2. Three "Don'ts" of File Upload­ing:

• Do not upload pho­tos of bank cards.
• Do not upload iden­ti­fi­ca­tion doc­u­ments.
• Do not upload pho­tos con­tain­ing fam­i­ly pri­va­cy.

3. Anti-Fraud Reminders:

• DeepSeek will nev­er ask for your SMS ver­i­fi­ca­tion code!
• Any­one ask­ing for mon­ey in DeepSeek's name is a scam­mer!

VII. A Message to You

The dig­i­tal age is not just for young peo­ple; the warmth of tech­nol­o­gy should belong to every­one who loves life!

Just as we've learned to use video calls on our phones to con­nect with dis­tant chil­dren, using AI tools is like hav­ing a 24/7 smart assis­tant. It won't get tired of triv­ial ques­tions and won't be impa­tient with repeat­ed inquiries.

Wor­ried about not being able to learn? Just ask as you would chat with a neigh­bor: "What should I eat for a dry throat and sore throat?" "Teach me how to take a group pho­to on a trip with my phone." — DeepSeek will wait for you with the most down-to-earth answers.

Afraid you won't use it? From search­ing for square danc­ing tuto­r­i­al videos to solv­ing your grandchild's math prob­lems; from rec­om­mend­ing healthy recipes to find­ing old songs you used to lis­ten to… Let tech­nol­o­gy help you live a vibrant life!

Look­ing for new fun? Try say­ing: "Write a lim­er­ick about retire­ment life" "Think of a bless­ing for a gold­en wed­ding anniver­sary" — Sur­pris­es might just be at your fin­ger­tips.

Remem­ber: Every attempt is a new gift to your­self; every ques­tion is a key to open­ing a new world.

Age is nev­er a bar­ri­er to explo­ration. May AI become a wit­ness to your intel­li­gent life and accom­pa­ny you in grace­ful­ly embrac­ing this era full of pos­si­bil­i­ties!

Start now: Open DeepSeek and express your first small need of the day in one sen­tence. A new jour­ney begins now! 💐