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The Prompt Engineering Myth: Why ‘Talking to AI’ Isn’t Actually Communication
When you type instructions into ChatGPT or Claude, you’re not having a conversation. You might feel like you are because the interface looks like a chat window, the AI responds with “That’s a great question!” and adjusts its tone based on yours but what’s actually happening bears little resemblance to human communication.Prompt engineering is constraint optimisation dressed up as dialogue. Understanding this distinction matters deeply for anyone building AI products, setting user expectations, or trying to understand what these systems actually do.What Communication Actually RequiresThe…
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