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id: "quote-parent-ai"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["01:30:50"]
tags: ["prompt-engineering"]
related: ["concept-parenting-ai"]
speaker: "Lior Weinstein"
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# "Don't program it. Parent it."

## "Don't program it. Parent it."

**Speaker:** [[entity-lior-weinstein|Lior Weinstein]] 
**Timestamp:** 01:30:50

> "Don't program it. Parent it."

A concise summary of how to interact with LLMs to get better results. This shifts the paradigm from coding (rigid, deterministic instructions) to managing (context, examples, iterative feedback).

This quote encapsulates the [[concept-parenting-ai|Parenting vs. Programming AI]] concept and is the tagline for the [[framework-parenting-ai|Parenting AI Framework]].

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*See also: [[concept-ai-as-guesser]], [[action-tone-mirror]]*