Vibe Coaxing: The Wild Phrases Only You Use in AI Prompts

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Written By Rick Watson

I'm convinced that vibe coding is not a thing. Vibe coaxing, however is alive and well. What is vibe coaxing you ask? Those little phrases you speak to your AI to somehow get it to reconsider its many fuckups.

Here are a few of my own:

"Please consider the fact..." as in

"Please consider the fact that my last 3 prompts which attempted to get you to fix this goddamn problem have not resulted in any visible progress."

I asked my friends Dave and Jason Murray for their vibe coaxing phrases. They gave me these two gems:

One friend said "Thank you for our attention to this matter." Sounds like a public service announcement, but indeed, it's an AI prompt.

Murray, on the other hand, took a more direct approach:

"Please fix it, it's still broken."

Does vibe coaxing result in progress? It's unclear. I have seen studies that anger seems to result in improved performance. Which is bad news for superintelligence.

Curious if those out there have any vibe coaxing gems.

"The flogging will continue until performance improves" could be all our future robot overlords have to look forward to.

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

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