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The robot sandwich

Your grown-up pretends to be a robot. The robot does exactly what you say. Nothing more.

You say, “Put jam on the bread.”

The robot picks up the whole jar. It sets the jar on top of the bread!

Think about it

What went wrong? What should you have said?

The robot did what you said, not what you meant. AI tools can be like that too.

The words you give an AI are called a . A good prompt is a clear . It says exactly what you want.