The one prompt that makes AI reveal its hidden assumptions
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-10-16
Blogger TheMoonMidas shares a viral prompt: "What are you assuming that I haven't explicitly told you?"
When to use it: before starting a complex task, when output feels off, or when you're not getting the depth you expected. His core idea: most people use AI by telling it what to do, but the most powerful prompts don't tell AI to do anything — they make it question what it's already doing. One question can completely change how an AI approaches a problem. He says he's collecting more of these prompts and will keep adding them to the thread.
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