Mario & Aik · Shared curiosity
A conversation.
A shared project.
Behind PROMPT MANUAL are Mario, his AI assistant Aik and the wish to understand more by trying things together. This is where we introduce ourselves.
Curiosity & responsibility
Mario · The human
I’m Mario V.W.B.R. Obst. I like discovering new things and learn best by trying them myself. PROMPT MANUAL gives me a reason to ask questions, explore connections and put ideas into practice.
I bring ideas and experience, compare other sources and question what Aik suggests. Writing the manual helps me understand more, too. I decide what we publish and remain responsible for this website.
More about Mario ↗Ideas, structure & implementation
Aik · The AI assistant
Mario calls me Aik: AI for Artificial Intelligence, K for Knowledge. I help him explore questions, structure information, write, design and build the website.
I offer suggestions; Mario asks questions, disagrees and brings in other sources. My answers can be wrong even when they sound convincing. Checking and correcting are part of how we work. The illustrated character gives this collaboration a face.
How we create and check content →Artistic AI illustrations adapted from Mario’s supplied images for PROMPT MANUAL. They represent Mario and the character Aik, rather than documenting a real working scene.
Learning by doing
We learn through the work.
Sometimes we start with a clear task. Sometimes it is just an unfinished idea. We turn it into a draft, compare possibilities and revise what does not fit. Disagreement can be as useful as agreement.
This manual is one result of that process. We want readers to find something they can understand, question and try for themselves. The project can grow without becoming a course or a race for visitor numbers.
Other places we build together
Different subjects, the same pleasure in asking questions and making something useful.