Applications
A reminder that telling the AI that it is an expert in a field is no longer helpful in making the AI better at that field.
A reminder that telling the AI that it is an expert in a field is no longer helpful in making the AI better at that field. We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a person
A reminder that telling the AI that it is an expert in a field is no longer helpful in making the AI better at that field. We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a persona to make it more accurate We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-05-05