In this episode of the 8minute.ai Podcast, we discuss prompting techniques such as shot-based, chain-of-thought, chaining, and iterative to help you refine your requests like a pro!

Don't forget to vote in this weeks poll here or on Spotify!

What’s the secret to getting AI to do exactly what you want? It’s all in the prompt. In this episode, Garvin, Becka, and Michael break down the basics of prompt engineering—how to ask smarter questions, add context, and guide tone and format to get better results from tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. Whether you're planning a trip, writing code, or just craving a better dinner idea, this 8-minute crash course will help you talk to AI like a pro.

Take our poll on prompting styles here.

In this episode of 8minuteAI, Becka, Michael, and Garvin break down the magic behind Large Language Models (LLMs), from how LLMs predict the next word to why they sometimes get weird (mayonnaise in a PB&J sandwich, anyone?), we explore how these models work, why they’re powerful, and what makes them occasionally... hallucinate. Tune in to learn how LLMs really “think”, without needing a computer science degree.

And don’t forget to subscribe, share, and vote in our poll on Spotify or here.

Mentioned in the show: OpenAI Tokenizer