alt Hacker NewsAI is better at writing prompts than most humans. It requires work and lots of developers don’t think getting good at prompting actually matters.
At least half of the complaints I see on HN boil down to the person's prompts suck. Or the expectation that AI can read their mind.
As someone who often fails to read subtext, I would estimate that most people expect you to participate in mind reading as a natural part of conversation.
So it is no surprise that many people have difficulty switching gears to literal mode when interacting with these models.