Yo Work Fun Nation,

Last week, Google came out with their Gen AI video generator called VEO 3. After that, I've been getting different versions of the same question:

"Shods, how do I know if my prompts are good enough?"

People are scared their prompts aren't sophisticated enough.

Not technical enough.

Not "professional" enough.

So today I decided to test this with the ultimate prompt expert: my 8-year-old son Julian.

I showed him Veo 3 and said, "Hey, now you can make any video you want just by describing it. What do you want to see?"

Without hesitation: "I want a Jaeger like in Pacific Rim, but it's pinoy and it has tattoos and has our flag on it! Oh and it also has hidden kitchen knives!"

Me: "Uh, that's pretty specific. Are you sure that'll work?"

Him: "Why wouldn't it work? You said I can make any video."

Grabe, the confidence of this kid. Love it lol

So we typed it in. Almost exactly like he said it.

The result? A massive mech WITH AN ACTUAL PHILIPPINE FLAG walking towards the screen.

Just kidding, andito sya sa post ko na to. ^_^

Hindi sya perfect, it didn't render the knives right, but actually came up with something like the Tari, or those spurs that roosters use in the local sabungan.

Still, it's absolutely recognizable as a Pinoy Jaeger and is frankly more creative than anything most adults would have prompted, myself included.

Here's what my son did that most adults don't:

He didn't second-guess himself. No "Is this too weird?" or "Should I be more technical?"

He combined things that don't normally go together. Giant Robots + Tattoos + Kitchen Knives + Philippine Flag = why not?

He just assumed it would work. No backup plan. No "probably won't work but..."

He described what he wanted to SEE, not what he thought the AI needed to hear.

The question isn't "Are my prompts good enough?"

The question is "Have I forgotten how to imagine without limits?"

We've been trained to think inside constraints. To be "realistic." To consider what's technically possible.

But AI doesn't care about those boundaries. It just needs you to paint a picture with words.

The best prompts I've written in 31 days were actually the ones where I stopped trying to be smart and started trying to be clear.

Maybe the secret to better AI isn't more technical knowledge.

Maybe it's learning to think like a kid again.

What would you create if you knew it was impossible to fail?

Shoden "Kid at Heart Again" San

PS. Julian wants to make a whole series now. "Dad, what if the Jaeger fought against a giant Kaiju from Minecraft?" I think I've created a monster. Or wait, was it actually my idea? Hehe

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