Prompt Engineering: Why AI Misunderstands You

In "Prompt Engineering: Why AI Misunderstands You," instructor Braxton Ellsworth dissects the fundamental disconnect between human intention and machine comprehension. Many professionals struggle with Large Language Models (LLMs) because they treat them like human assistants who share implicit social context. This course shifts your perspective, helping you build "Prompt Fluency"—the crucial skill of translating your specific goals into precise, machine-readable instructions. Throughout the curriculum, you will explore why ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini frequently misunderstand vague prompts and how minor gaps in context can completely derail your results. By mastering structured prompt architecture, you will learn to maintain context across complex, multi-turn conversations and drastically reduce AI hallucinations and inconsistent outputs. Whether you are a writer, developer, marketer, or business analyst, this course provides a highly practical communication model designed to make your daily AI workflows faster, more predictable, and significantly more productive. Stop guessing what the AI needs and start directing it with absolute clarity.