Tone in AI prompting works because of how language models are built, not because the model has feelings about how you talk to it. Understanding the mechanism makes you dramatically better at using these tools – and helps you understand why the “cheat sheet” prompts people share actually work.

(Read, The Room Where It Gets Built — Essay #2: Why Tone Works (It’s Not What You Think))
 

This is a transitional moment in time. We have introduced the world to narrow AI through LLMs and presented it as the final solution to our creative needs. It’s a leveling moment where anyone regardless of their skill in writing, art, programming can now become as capable as the average of us gifted with talent. Great artists will use AI to elevate their work. Art will go in new and unexpected directions. But what I want to talk about is the fallout.

(Read, The Room Where It Gets Built — Essay #1: Luddite)