Prompt engineering is losing its edge. @thefpandaguy
Prompt engineering is losing its edge.  @thefpandaguy
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper explore how AI is changing finance workflows, why prompting alone is becoming less valuable, and how context, instructions, and reference examples can produce better financial models.

A page-and-a-half prompt sounds sophisticated.

But longer doesn’t automatically mean better.

AI is increasingly capable of helping you create the prompt itself.

That changes where the real skill sits.

Instead of obsessing over the perfect wording, focus on giving AI the right context.

Show it what good looks like. Give it your rules, examples, and desired structure.

A simple prompt with the right context can compete with something far more elaborate.

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