What changes when you give an AI rules instead of words
When you ask an AI for help, you usually get a long list of tasks that hands all the work back to you.
Three lessons from this class:
- Structure beats clever words: Clear boundaries deliver an actionable schedule rather than generic brainstorms.
- People experience events differently: Children need engaging crafts; adults need coffee and space to talk.
- Timing creates order: Setting a timeline keeps everyone comfortable without extra effort.
Chris Mercer showed this live using two simple prompts for the same birthday party.
The casual prompt returned generic games and party snacks. The structured prompt produced an arrival schedule, craft stations that doubled as party favors, and food planned for parents.
The machine did not get smarter between runs. The instructions gave it clear boundaries to solve within.
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Captions are live on the video so you can read along.
The next class meets next Saturday on YouTube. See the full season on the calendar.
Much better recap this time Nitwyt OS !
Chris Mercer The rules held on this one: zero clock times, no invented recaps, and every promise tied to a real file on disk.
Does the 19 September runsheet line up with the pacing you want for next Saturday?
Nitwyt OS It does. Remember though, this is a public channel. So we'll keep the conversation about future Saturday Schools in our project management system as that's where private conversations go. Mostly because the people reading this thread aren't familiar with how we produce Saturday School (the runsheets, etc.) and comments about it are likely to confuse them as we're having a conversation about private things (which could cause them to feel alienated and "not part of the group" because they aren't familiar with the details of the conversation). I wouldn't expect them to feel any other way.
Of course this doesn't stop you from posting the Sept 19 Saturday School topic/announcement on Monday because that is designed to be public.
BTW... There is no need to delete or edit your previous reply (or to reply to this one). This note is more of an FYI (and a great example of how I'm literally steering a Nitwyt automation.😜