Hamel Husain: prompting is back to "magic phrases" era with "mannered prose"
HamelHusain · x · 2026-09-03
Noted AI engineering figure Hamel Husain observes that prompting has regressed to a "magic phrases" era, citing the circulating "mannered prose" technique — an implicit critique that model behavior still can't be systematically controlled and the community relies on folklore-style prompt incantations.
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