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Prompting for Partnership: Our Journey into Intent, Pedagogy and the Emotional Contract

Good prompts aren’t just instructions—they’re specifications of intent, pedagogy, and emotional contract. I’ve been thinking about what separates mediocre AI interactions from transformative ones. It comes down to how we prompt.

It’s Important to Frame Problems, Define Purpose, and Guide Intelligence with Intent in the Age of AI

A few years ago, “automation” meant streamlining routine tasks.Today, AI agents can look at a solution, analyze user data, and outperform 70% of us—on their first try. What happens when execution becomes effortless?

When Markets Panic Over Culture Wars: A Thought Experiment in Algorithmic and Financial Contrarianism

Disney and Netflix were being “cancelled” again. Hashtags trending. Subscription cancellations doubling. Stock prices wobbling. The usual cultural firestorm. And I found myself asking a very different kind of question: What

Building an Agentic System for Brand AI Video Generation

If you’re here because you’re tired of burning credits on video generations that miss the mark, or you’re wondering why your brand videos feel generic despite detailed prompts, or you’re

Google has officially updated the status of my summarization bug report

Google updated the bug report with ‘added the “Changed”‘. So they are obviously taking this seriously.


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