# Clayton Ramsey - I'd Rather Read the Prompt (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://news.ycombinator.com/y18.svg) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/51347421) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Clayton Ramsey]] **Full Title**:: I'd Rather Read the Prompt **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [claytonwramsey.com](https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/) **Host**:: [[claytonwramsey.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2025-05-12]] **Created**:: [[2025-05-14]] ## Highlights - When copying another person’s words, one doesn’t communicate their own original thoughts, but at least they are communicating a human’s thoughts. A language model, by construction, has no original thoughts of its own; publishing its output is a pointless exercise. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jv25fwbvc5p3sfzz0s13j10k)) ^888673579 - Every single time, the model obscures the original meaning and adds layers of superfluous nonsense to even the simplest of ideas. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jv25grmgn7mg9xykdcedssxp)) ^888673616