Prompt
What you type to an AI. Your exact words change what comes back.
In practice
"Act as a zookeeper and describe red pandas in 4 bullets."
Where students meet it
Prompt is taught in Lesson 2, Your Words Are the Superpower, part of the Prompting unit of the AI Explorers course for kids. Kai is the guide for that lesson, and it is one of 12 terms in the unit.
Often mixed up with
- Meta-Prompt
A reusable structure for asking, instead of guessing each time. A strong one uses the 4 R's to shrink the AI's choices.
More from Prompting
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KNOWING THE WORD IS THE START
Prompt is one of 58 terms students meet across 16 video lessons that teach them to direct AI rather than just use it.