When your LLM prompts stop working as well — the model has been updated, training data has shifted, or the context window is now choked with irrelevant history.
"My eval prompts broke overnight. Classic prompt rot."
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'Prompt rot' refers to the gradual degradation of AI conversation quality when prompts become bloated, contradictory, or accumulate too much context over long sessions. The model loses focus, ignores instructions, or produces lower-quality output. If your teen uses the term, they are engaging with AI workflow at a thoughtful level. Useful concept for anyone using AI tools regularly.
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The slang born in the last two years that's still fighting for legitimacy — clanker, demure, canon event, AI slop, aura farming. Half of these will stick; half will fade by next summer.
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