I have zero coding skills. I use AI for basically everything else though, writing, research, brainstorming, figuring out why my back hurts (bad idea). For the longest time I felt like I was getting “fine” answers. Like, usable but not remarkable. Watched people online get these incredibly sharp, specific responses and couldn’t figure out what I was doing differently. Turns out I was just asking questions. That’s it. Just asking questions like a search bar. Someone showed me what they call a meta-prompt. You stick this at the start of whatever you’re asking: “Before you respond, think about what I actually need, not just what I asked. Then give me the best possible answer, and tell me what follow-up questions I should ask to go deeper.” That’s it. That’s the whole thing. The difference in output quality is genuinely embarrassing. It stops answering what you said and starts answering what you meant. And the follow-up questions it suggests are usually better than anything I would have thought to ask myself. Been using it for three weeks on everything. Not going back. Non-coders, this is your cheat code. submitted by /u/Tasty-Application368
Originally posted by u/Tasty-Application368 on r/ArtificialInteligence