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EPISODE · May 6, 2026 · 6 MIN

Better Prompts Do Not Give You Better Answers. They Give You Better Ways of Thinking. (Prompt Hacks)

from In A(i) Nutshell · host Andrew Davis

Andrew Miles Davis delivers three prompt techniques built around a single observation he has developed over years of using and teaching AI, that better prompts do not produce better answers, they produce better thinking. The first asks AI to evaluate a decision from the perspective of your future self, identifying what you might regret ignoring versus what simply will not matter in three years. The second takes any piece of content, however dry, and asks what angle would make it shareable, a prompt Andrew uses regularly in training sessions to challenge the idea that some industries are too boring to create engaging content. The third uses constraints as a creative tool, asking for ideas that must meet specific limits around budget, time, and skills, because constraints eliminate the vagueness that produces generic output. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for prompt hacks, tool reviews, and daily AI insight built for marketers who want to think differently.

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