TalkTop What tech leaders actually said
Reported AI & frontier models·

Lazy prompting is an advanced technique that requires sufficient context

Ng said that lazy prompting is an "advanced" technique that works best when the LLM has enough preexisting context — and an ability to infer intent.

in a post on X

A
Andrew NgDeepLearning.AI · Founder

Where it comes from

Andrew Ng says giving AI 'lazy' prompts is sometimes OK. Here's why.
Business Insider · 2025-04-03

What the article says

Sometimes, it's OK to be lazy with your AI prompts thanks to models becoming smarter, the Stanford professor and former Google Brain scientist Andrew Ng has said. Standard prompting advice is to give ...

Business Insider

More from Andrew Ng

All quotes →

On the same topic: AI & frontier models

More →