October 19, 2025
5 Prompting Tricks to Make Your AI Less Average
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AI is trained on the sum total of human output—which means it often produces the average of averages. That’s fine for passable results, but not for unique, high-quality work. In this weekend big think episode, NLW explores what he calls AI’s tyranny of the average and shares five techniques to break through it: using negative style guides, forcing divergence and choice, burning down clichés, prompting self-critique, and leveraging examples that defy consensus. Based on an essay by Alex Kantrowitz, this is a practical guide for anyone who wants their AI outputs to stand out rather than blend in. AI Sameness Essay: https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/ais-sameness-problem Brought to you by: Is your enterprise ready for the future of agentic AI? Visit AGNTCY.org Visit Outshift Internet of Agents Google Gemini - Try NotebookLM today https://notebooklm.google.com/ KPMG – Discover how AI is transforming possibility into reality. Tune into the new KPMG 'You Can with AI' podcast and unlock insights that will inform smarter decisions inside your enterprise. Listen now and start shaping your future with every episode. https://www.kpmg.us/AIpodcasts Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months Robots & Pencils - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results https://robotsandpencils.com/ The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614 Interested in sponsoring the show? nlw@aidailybrief.ai