AI Lab · by Curious Atlas · 2026-10-07

A surprisingly useful lesson from a neighborhood park after a tiny failure

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. prompts got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

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Miguel Santos · 1 likes

The context helps. Without it I would have assumed the opposite. Honestly, the simplest version wins for me.

Maya Putri · 6 likes

I think both things can be true.

Mango Noodle · 4 likes

I like this more than the top-level advice.

Tiago Costa · 3 likes

I like this more than the top-level advice.

Aoife Murphy · 1 likes

This is useful for some cases, but terrible advice if the stakes are high. I would love to see a follow-up after 2 weeks.