Definition
The core collaborative habit of the "Liminal Mind Meld." Instead of "One-Shot Prompting" (asking once and
accepting the result), the practitioner treats the output as a draft in an ongoing conversation. Through
successive rounds of critique, adjustment, and expansion, the human and AI sharpen the idea together. This
loop is where the cognitive offloading happens.
The Dialogue of Craft
Novices treat the AI as a vending machine. Experts treat it as a studio partner. The magic is not in the
prompt; it is in the conversation after the prompt.
Field Notes & Ephemera
Field Note: "Make it better" is a bad instruction. "Make the tone more somber and cut
the second paragraph" is a collaboration.