I’m Mr. Pixels, and I’m about to explain AI prompts the correct way: like we’re leaning over a folding table at WiscNet HQ, powered entirely by Monster energy drinks and bad decisions.

The fact of the matter is this: an AI prompt is just you telling the computer what you want, how you want it, and who you want it to pretend to be while doing it. That’s it. No sorcery. No robot feelings. Just very fancy autocomplete with confidence issues. Think of AI like a wildly overqualified intern. It can do amazing things, but only if you give clear instructions. If you say, “Write something about history,” it panics internally and hands you oatmeal. If you say, “Write a dramatic paragraph about the French Revolution in the style of Les Misérables,” suddenly we’re cooking with gas. Revolutionary gas. I cry every time.

A good prompt usually has:

1. Context: what’s going on?

2. Task: what do you want done?

3. Style or tone: serious, funny, professional, unhinged

4. Constraints: length, format, audience

So instead of “Explain AI,” you say, “Explain AI to a curious non-technical person using plain language and examples.” Boom. Now the AI knows where the guardrails are — and yes, Ms. Pixels laughs at those. Everything is connected. Prompts are just how you tug the string.