Our research, as well as that of other researchers, shows better prompting techniques help a lot, but model training is still a huge limitin…

Ethan Mollick discusses research findings showing that while improved prompting techniques provide significant benefits for AI model performance, the underlying model training remains the primary limiting factor in achieving better results. The post suggests that despite advances in prompt engineering, fundamental improvements to how models are trained are still necessary for substantial progress in AI capabilities.

Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-05-11