Stumbled onto a crazy simple prompt trick that saved my team hours

I was getting fed up with our AI slapping out generic marketing copy that all sounded the same. After 3 weeks of tweaking prompts with zero luck, I tried something dumb: I just told it to 'write like a tired dad at 2 AM' as a base tone. It worked way better than any complex instruction I ever gave it. Has anyone else found a weird shortcut like that for getting more natural output?

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val_bailey661mo ago

Three weeks of tweaking prompts and you landed on "tired dad" - sounds like your team's brainstorming sessions were already running on 2 AM energy by that point. Maybe next time try "overcaffeinated intern" and see if it writes about 37 different topics at once.

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ryanm601mo ago

Oh come on, you really think giving an AI a lazy persona is some kind of breakthrough? That just sounds like you're letting the machine half-ass its work instead of actually teaching it to write well. My team tried that "tired dad" nonsense and ended up with copy that was too casual and missed the point half the time.

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