Forget Prompts, Just Talk to AI

24 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that the era of specialized prompt engineering ended around 2024, labeling it as unnecessary hype. They claim that effective AI interaction simply requires clear, direct instructions—what they call a "prompt"—followed by an iterative process: evaluate the AI's output, point out what’s wrong, and ask it to try again. The speaker emphasizes that the first attempt will often be subpar, but repeated refinement leads to better results. Success with AI, they assert, is not about superior prompting skills but about using the AI frequently and iteratively to improve outcomes.

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There is no secret way to talk to AI. Okay. So anyone selling you prompting, I mean, prompting mostly died in 2024. You don't see this as often, but anyone still clinging onto the idea that you have to speak to AI in a certain way, you need prompt engineer, like all of that stuff's bullshit. Okay. This is, this is how you speak to AI. You ask it for what you want. All right. Put these, put these people into a dashboard. That's it. That's the prompt, right? The first version is going to suck. Like always, whatever AI gives back to you the first time, second time, it's going to be bad, right? But then you tell it what is wrong and get it to run again. Again. So you ask, you see what it does, iterate, and then just repeat that process. Like, the people that win— are winning with AI are not better at prompting, they're just using AI more.