Lesson 10

Prompting

You’re not commanding it. You’re steering probabilities.

Every word you type becomes part of the text the model continues, so changing your words changes which continuations are probable. Watch one boring task sharpen.

Show an example 1One worked sample of input → output. Demand a format 2“Return only a JSON array of ISO dates.” Say what to skip 3Resolve relative dates; drop superseded ones.

The prompt, assembled

What comes back