{"id":39569,"date":"2025-11-27T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/marc-andreessen-shares-the-prompts-he-says-turn-ai-into-the-worlds-best-coach\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:41:32","slug":"marc-andreessen-shares-the-prompts-he-says-turn-ai-into-the-worlds-best-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/marc-andreessen-shares-the-prompts-he-says-turn-ai-into-the-worlds-best-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Andreessen shares the prompts he says turn AI into &#8216;the world&#8217;s best coach&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6927e5f189026fbb4d0e8d3d?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Marc Andreessen\"\/><figcaption>Marc Andreessen says the right prompts can turn AI into the &quot;world&#039;s best coach.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Chinn\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Marc Andreessen says the right prompts can turn AI into the &quot;world&#039;s best coach.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>People should start treating AI like a &quot;thought partner,&quot; the venture capitalist said.<\/li>\n<li>He shares some prompts that can push AI to analyze, improve, and rethink your work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Marc Andreessen has some tips for getting the most out of AI.<\/p>\n<p>The venture capitalist said on an episode of the &quot;a16z Podcast&quot; published Tuesday that AI tools can act as the &quot;world&#039;s best coach, mentor, therapist, advisor, board member&quot; for anyone who asks the right kind of questions.<\/p>\n<p>AI is probably &quot;the most democratic&quot; technology of all time, said the cofounder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. &quot;The very best AI in the world is fully available on the apps that anybody can download.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Andreessen said the real power of AI is unlocked when the user starts treating it like a &quot;thought partner.&quot; &quot;Part of the art of AI, right, is what questions to ask it,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He laid out several examples using a small business. A bakery owner, for instance, could feed AI anything from staffing schedules to customer emails to ad copy, and let the model critique all of it.<\/p>\n<p>Andreessen also said product development works the same way: Give AI your recipe and ask how to improve it.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What&#039;s the best cinnamon roll recipe in the world? Work backward from that,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You could also say, &#039;Look, I want to make the best one in the world, but I need to do it at 1\/10 of the price,&#039;&quot; he said. &quot;What are the ways to cost-optimize?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Andreessen said that meta prompts can help users determine the best questions to ask AI. They surface blind spots and reshape one&#039;s approach.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What questions should I be asking?&quot; he said users should query the bot. &quot;Teach me how to use you in the best way.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Knowing how to prompt is key<\/h2>\n<p>Other tech leaders have echoed Andreessen&#039;s point that knowing how to prompt AI is critical to unlocking its full value.<\/p>\n<p>Google Brain founder Andrew Ng said at the Masters of Scale Summit 2025 in October that having an &quot;extended conversation&quot; with a model produces a better response.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;AI is very smart, but getting context in is difficult,&quot; Ng said, adding that he uses AI in voice mode to brainstorm work ideas while driving.<\/p>\n<p>EY&#039;s Americas chief technology officer, Matt Barrington, said in an interview with Business Insider earlier this year that managing context in AI is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I keep separate AI &#039;workspaces&#039; for different focus areas \u2014 such as technical Q&amp;A or drafting client communications,&quot; he said in the report published in February.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I also give the AI clear instructions about the style and depth of response I want, like &#039;Provide a concise, bullet-point summary,&#039; or &#039;Act as a finance expert,&#039; or &#039;Cite credible sources or references and provide links,&#039;&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Andreessen says the right prompts can turn AI into the &quot;world&#039;s best coach.&quot; Paul Chinn\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Marc Andreessen says the right prompts can turn AI into the &quot;world&#039;s best coach.&quot; People should start treating AI like a &quot;thought partner,&quot; the venture capitalist said. 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