@jonathan_wilke: Am I the only one starting their agent prompts with a bunch of unnecessary words?
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A tweet humorously questioning the tendency to add unnecessary words when writing prompts for AI agents.
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Am I the only one starting their agent prompts with a bunch of unnecessary words? 😂 https://t.co/FQnksyXgQc
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