SMRTR ProgrammingMar 24, 2026TechRadar

Stop telling AI it's an expert programmer, you're making it worse at its job — new research shows the best results need specific prompts

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USC research shows that telling AI to "act as an expert" can reduce performance on math and coding tasks by triggering instruction-following mode instead of fact recall.

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