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Can prompting ChatGPT make us better communicators?

There are benefits to learning how to prompt AI tools like ChatGPT well. But some things can’t be replicated. What do we lose?

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Done well, a good prompt shares the DNA of a detailed brief, a clear instruction, even a friendly conversation starter, says the writer.

Done well, a good prompt shares the DNA of a detailed brief, a clear instruction, even a friendly conversation starter, says the writer.

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Nicole Chan

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Most of us didn’t grow up thinking we’d spend a few hours every day talking to a robot.

But here we are, in 2025, and millions of us now write daily messages, not just to colleagues or friends, but to large language models (LLMs) with names like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. 

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