Forget "prompt": better to ask what happened that allowed THIS to happen
liminal_bardo · x · 2026-10-12
A discussion-starter in AI circles: Lariisland argues the word "prompt" was never a useful concept. Better framing: ask "what happened that allowed THIS to happen next?" — treating interaction with models as tracing and constructing context state rather than issuing instructions. Quoting hov8a's retort about a model output.
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