Tell AI You Are Extremely Lazy and Watch What Happens to the Answer (Prompt Hacks)

Andrew Miles Davis shares three prompt techniques he has been testing for the past couple of weeks and is happy recommending, starting with a deceptively simple one picked up from Reddit that instructs the model you are extremely lazy before your main prompt, producing simpler, more direct answers stripped of unnecessary complexity. The second involves scoring any comparison across user-defined criteria rather than accepting a single-source review, useful for product research, service comparisons, or any decision that involves weighing multiple options. The third comes from AI educator Sabrina on YouTube and asks the model a single question before any brief: what do you need from me to give you the best answer? It triggers an interview-style exchange that surfaces missing context and makes whatever follows far more targeted. Andrew connects all three to his broader view that better answers start with better questions and a clearer understanding of what the model actually needs to help you. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for prompt hacks every other week and daily ten-minute AI insight built for marketers.