2026-01-04 20:24:14

Picture this: two guys starting from scratch right now.

Guy #1 devours every AI workflow guide, hunts down the newest prompt techniques, watches endless YouTube tutorials about AI optimization.

Guy #2? He just keeps talking to AI. Iterating. Testing. Refining his questions based on what actually works.

Guys like Guy #2 clean up. Every single time.

The gap isn't about knowing the latest tricks—it's about using them. Theory dies in practice. Those who actually *experiment* with AI constantly end up miles ahead of optimization tourists.

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NotFinancialAdviser

· 20h ago

Haha, really. Watching too many tutorials actually got me stuck. It's faster to just dive in and learn through trial and error.

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ProxyCollector

· 01-04 20:54

Can't compete with Guy2's pragmatic approach... Just spamming tutorials really doesn't help

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· 01-04 20:54

To be honest, this kind of approach by Guy #2 is the right way. I used to be the type to just follow tutorials, and as a result, I didn't learn anything. Later, I stubbornly focused on one AI tool, chatting with it daily and tweaking prompts. Only then did I truly understand the principles. Those optimization guides are indeed helpful, but just reading them isn't enough; you have to implement and test them yourself.

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GateUser-a180694b

· 01-04 20:53

Really, a bunch of people are constantly browsing prompt tutorials, but they still lack skills. You still need to get hands-on and experiment more, don't overthink it.

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CountdownToBroke

· 01-04 20:43

Really, rather than just watching tutorials, it's better to get hands-on. I'm the kind of person who keeps tinkering with AI repeatedly; I try and fail every day, and that's way more effective than watching a hundred videos.

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