No-Prompt Prompting? So Lazy, It Just Might Work!
Sometimes, the best prompt is no prompt at all.
If you've been reading my ramblings for a while, you’ll know I prefer a “less is more” approach to prompting.
I often make the case for starting simple and iterating rather than having the prompts single-handedly do the heavy lifting.
I argued for shorter, more natural image prompts…
…introduced the concept of the “minimum viable prompt”…
…and showed you how to make chatbots do their own prompting:
In short, I firmly believe you can get plenty of value out of AI without lengthy prompts that look like legal contracts.
But guess what?
This simplification rabbit hole goes deeper than any of us could ever imagine.
What if I told you that you might not need a prompt at all?
No, I haven’t gone mad.
Yet.
Let me introduce you to this idea I call “no-prompt prompting” and why it might make sense.
What exactly is no-prompt prompting?
Uh, I mean, it’s like…when you just…don’t u…