George Takei holds up his hands in a Vulcan salute, while smiling and posing in from of a Star Trek poster
Cast member George Takei attends an event to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Star Trek: The Original Series in Los Angeles, California, in 2021.
  • An AI model prompted to speak like a Star Trek character was better at solving math problems.
  • It's not clear why acting like Captain Picard helped the chatbot boost its results.
  • People are noticing there is an art to prompting AI and it is becoming a field in itself.

The art of speaking to AI chatbots is continuing to frustrate and baffle people.