User:Ethan Mollick
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Ethan Mollick is a contributor to Wikiprompt who has been a member since Jul 4, 2026.
Professor @Wharton studying AI. New book, Co-Existence, coming October 20. Preorder here: https://t.co/hsDYf1xU9K Substack: https://t.co/UIBhxu4bgq
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business
Cheese Shop Marketing Plan and Website Mockup - A multi-step prompt for creating a complete marketing strategy, logo, and websit...
5 viewsApr 24, 2025
Calorie Detection Tech TAM & Pricing - A prompt asking for total addressable market estimation and pricing strategy for...
1 viewsApr 8, 2025
Automated Entrepreneur App Idea to Prototype Workflow - A one-shot prompt that guides Claude to brainstorm app ideas, select the best, c...
6 viewsJul 12, 2024
Generate 2M pages of credible DCA documents - A prompt to generate a massive volume of credible documentation for a nuclear pl...
0 viewsMay 7, 2024
Project Premortem Team Coach Prompt - A structured coaching prompt that guides teams through a project premortem to id...
11 viewsOct 12, 2023
5-Stage App Ideation and Development Prompt - A structured workflow prompt that guides GPT-4 through idea generation, selectio...
7 viewsApr 8, 2023
coding
Game That Makes You Feel Like a Chess Grandmaster - A one-shot game-building prompt by Wharton professor Ethan Mollick: asks the mod...
206 viewsJul 4, 2026
Build an interactive faster-than-light travel simulation demo - A one-shot coding prompt that builds an interactive graphical demo comparing fas...
199 viewsJun 14, 2026
Generate a startling p5js starship control panel visualization - A two-step creative-coding prompt that asks a model to generate a clever p5js sk...
171 viewsJul 27, 2025
Python Prototype for Legal Drafting with ChatGPT - A concise prompt requesting a Python prototype that integrates ChatGPT for legal...
9 viewsApr 8, 2023
creative
Astronaut walks through a surreal regency dance into a knight vs ninja fight - A surreal tracking-shot video prompt following an astronaut through a regency da...
13 viewsJul 29, 2026
Hacker heist movie starring an otter that talks and hacks a mainframe - A quirky video prompt for a hacker-movie scene where a talking otter hacks into ...
9 viewsJul 29, 2026
Mash up literary quote and code snippet - A creative prompt asking an AI to blend a famous literary closing line with a cl...
5 viewsSep 30, 2025
Hamlet's management-consultant PowerPoint deck - A one-line comedic prompt that has Claude generate a full corporate-style PowerP...
198 viewsSep 12, 2025
Poetic Allusion Prompt for Veo 3 - A creative prompt technique for Veo 3 that uses poetic references to generate vi...
6 viewsAug 5, 2025
Ocean Storm Shader for Twigl - A prompt to generate a visually interesting shader for the Twigl app, simulating...
2 viewsJul 31, 2025
Moon Landing in Different Eras - A video prompt template for generating realistic moon landing footage set in any...
7 viewsJul 25, 2025
Visualize Data with Positive and Negative Framing - A prompt to generate two contrasting visualizations of the same data, framing it...
5 viewsJul 23, 2025
Video game as a community theater production - A single-line Veo 3 Fast template that reimagines any video game as a low-budget...
131 viewsJul 19, 2025
Ophelia Over Hamlet - Video Prompt - A simple, effective prompt for animating a famous painting into a short video cl...
6 viewsJul 10, 2025
Text Adventure Starship Bridge Simulator - A prompt to create an interactive text-based starship bridge simulator with mult...
9 viewsJun 26, 2025
Veo 3 Prompt: The Colossus of Rhodes - A Lost Wonder Reimagined - A detailed, cinematic video generation prompt for recreating the Colossus of Rho...
0 viewsMay 26, 2025
Borgesian False History Generator - A prompt for generating a fictional historical account in a literary, erudite st...
3 viewsApr 18, 2025
Tom and Jerry Underwater Treasure Hunt Video Prompt - A detailed multi-scene video prompt for an AI animation featuring Tom and Jerry ...
3 viewsApr 8, 2025
Make It Weird: Lovecraftian Image Prompt - A simple iterative prompt chain to transform an image into increasingly Lovecraf...
3 viewsApr 2, 2025
Mood-Based Futuristic Landscape Prompts - A set of prompts for GPT-4o to generate fictional futuristic landscapes with spe...
7 viewsMar 27, 2025
Self-Aware Snake Game Prompt - A creative prompt to generate a snake game where the snake is self-aware and att...
8 viewsFeb 25, 2025
Turn Poem Stanzas into Film Clips - A prompt to transform poetic stanzas into a sequence of 8-second film clips, wit...
4 viewsJan 12, 2025
Hades Family Therapy Office Scene - A detailed visual prompt for generating a therapy scene featuring characters fro...
3 viewsJan 5, 2025
1960s Elvis Meets Alien in White House - A short, quirky video prompt combining retro celebrity imagery with sci-fi eleme...
5 viewsDec 18, 2024
Woman on Golden Concrete Tower Over Stormy Ocean - A cinematic video prompt depicting a woman on a towering concrete structure with...
2 viewsDec 18, 2024
Man with Golden Retriever Watching Fireworks - A cinematic video prompt depicting a man and his dog watching fireworks over a T...
5 viewsDec 17, 2024
Knight on Zebra Charging Clockwork Octopus - A cinematic video prompt depicting a knight on a zebra charging a mechanical oct...
3 viewsDec 17, 2024
p5js Starship Control Panel Prompt - A prompt asking AI to generate a clever p5js sketch that evokes a futuristic sta...
1 viewsDec 16, 2024
Golden Retriever in Brutalist Art Gallery Video Prompt - A detailed prompt for generating a video of a golden retriever in a brutalist ar...
6 viewsDec 9, 2024
Close-up of a fluffy kitten on a pillow - A detailed prompt for generating an adorable close-up image of a fluffy kitten w...
2 viewsNov 27, 2024
Buzzfeed from TaftDome Alternate Reality - A creative prompt asking Claude to generate a Buzzfeed-style article set in an a...
7 viewsNov 26, 2024
Interactive Adventure with Uncanny Worldbuilding and Puzzles - A prompt for an AI to create an immersive adventure with unique worldbuilding an...
5 viewsNov 12, 2024
Interactive Puzzle Game World Builder - A prompt to have Claude generate an interactive puzzle game with a world to expl...
8 viewsNov 12, 2024
Man Talking to Lizard Wizard - A creative prompt for generating a scene where a man talks and the camera pans t...
3 viewsJul 31, 2024
Pirate Ships in a Coffee Cup Storm - A cinematic overhead image prompt featuring two pirate ships navigating a storm ...
4 viewsJul 12, 2024
LEGO brick with chamfered edges - A concise prompt for generating a specific LEGO brick design, focusing on dimens...
4 viewsJul 11, 2024
Realistic Cellphone Video of Strange Beast in Backyard - A short, direct prompt for generating a realistic cellphone-style video of a str...
3 viewsJul 4, 2024
Tracking shot of wheeled robot in office - A concise prompt for generating a video of a wheeled robot moving through an off...
3 viewsJul 3, 2024
Van Gogh Sneakers Fashion Photoshoot - A creative prompt for generating a fashion photoshoot of sneakers with a Van Gog...
4 viewsJun 9, 2024
ASCII Town Adventure Game - A prompt to create an interactive ASCII-based town simulation game where the use...
8 viewsApr 25, 2024
Create an Original Optical Illusion in p5js - A prompt asking an AI to design a novel optical illusion using p5js, leveraging ...
3 viewsApr 24, 2024
Fantasy Dungeon Master with p5js Animations - A prompt that turns the AI into a dungeon master who creates interactive p5js 3D...
5 viewsApr 23, 2024
Dungeon World GM with DALL-E Adventure Illustrations - A comprehensive system prompt for running a Dungeon World tabletop RPG session w...
10 viewsJan 15, 2024
Plate of Hot Peas with Ginger Beer on Pub Counter - A simple food photography prompt for generating an image of hot peas and ginger ...
10 viewsDec 21, 2023
Folk rock ballad about types of cheese - A simple, creative prompt for generating a folk rock song themed around differen...
0 viewsDec 20, 2023
Pirate Innovation Presentation Prompt - A prompt for PowerPoint Co-Pilot to generate a presentation on innovation lesson...
0 viewsNov 9, 2023
Funny Halloween Candy Basket Photos - A creative prompt to generate photorealistic images of Halloween candy baskets f...
8 viewsOct 31, 2023
Scary Carved Pumpkins for Social Scientists - A prompt for generating Halloween-themed images with a humorous, academic twist,...
2 viewsOct 30, 2023
Cooperative Image Editor Prompt for ChatGPT-4 - A prompt that turns ChatGPT-4 into a cooperative image editor, generating photor...
4 viewsOct 27, 2023
Weird Halloween Costume Bags - A creative prompt for generating unusual Halloween costume bag designs with biza...
4 viewsOct 20, 2023
Retro Hacker Boot Screen Creator - Generate 1980s hacker-style boot screens with ASCII art, an animated GIF of the ...
3 viewsSep 4, 2023
Otter holding a sign saying 'I am an otter' - A prompt for an AI image generator to create a photorealistic image of an otter ...
0 viewsAug 29, 2023
Modernize Painting Subjects with Bing Image Creator - A prompt to transform the subjects of a classic painting into modern equivalents...
4 viewsJun 29, 2023
Giant Robot Battle Dome Calculator - A prompt to calculate dimensions for a fictional Giant Robot Battle Dome and gen...
0 viewsMay 3, 2023
Draw and Animate an Original AI Meme - A prompt asking the AI to create and animate an original meme, designed to be in...
4 viewsApr 30, 2023
Library of Babel Text Adventure - A detailed text adventure prompt that immerses the user in Jorge Luis Borges' Li...
0 viewsApr 17, 2023
Step-by-Step Fantasy Scenario Generator - A structured prompt that forces ChatGPT to design original fantasy challenges wi...
8 viewsApr 3, 2023
Space Hamlet Interactive Fiction Game Prompt - A concise one-shot prompt for generating a space-themed interactive fiction vers...
6 viewsMar 8, 2023
2x2 Matrices for Musical Acts - A creative prompt that asks the AI to learn about 2x2 matrices and then apply th...
3 viewsMar 7, 2023
Luxury Smartwatch Brand Name Generator Inspired by Shakespeare - A multi-step prompt that guides an AI to research luxury branding, generate Shak...
6 viewsFeb 22, 2023
MidJourney Swiss Army Knife Prompt - A simple MidJourney prompt to generate intricate Swiss army knife images, with a...
3 viewsJan 20, 2023
Steampunk Robotic Professor Cutaway Drawing - A detailed black-and-white illustration prompt for Midjourney depicting a steamp...
3 viewsDec 6, 2022
Love Poem in Pure Mathematics - A creative prompt asking for a love poem written in the style of pure mathematic...
3 viewsNov 30, 2022
education
Turn a Classic Poem into a Full Comic Book - Converts the full text of Tennyson's poem Ulysses into a multi-page illustrated ...
12 viewsApr 22, 2026
Interactive tool explaining correlation and causation - One-line prompt that generates a full interactive teaching tool explaining corre...
153 viewsDec 29, 2025
Tutoring Prompt Generator - A meta-prompt for designing a tutoring prompt, guiding the user through creating...
9 viewsMay 29, 2025
Build an Educational Game from an Academic Paper - A prompt to transform any academic paper into a small, playable educational game...
8 viewsMay 23, 2025
Parent Tutor Prompt for Explaining School Concepts - A prompt template for parents to get AI-generated explanations tailored to their...
4 viewsOct 29, 2024
Causal Argument Analyzer - A prompt that turns the AI into a snarky but helpful tutor for understanding cau...
10 viewsJan 26, 2024
Game-Master AI: Negotiation Role-Play Mentor - A comprehensive system prompt for an AI mentor that creates and runs role-playin...
10 viewsJan 11, 2024
Concept Explainer for Students - A prompt that turns the AI into an experienced teacher to explain concepts using...
4 viewsNov 29, 2023
Negotiation Simulation Instructor Prompt - A prompt that turns GPT-4 into a negotiation teacher, simulating scenarios to pr...
9 viewsOct 15, 2023
Diagnostic Quiz Creator for PDFs - A prompt that turns any PDF or webpage into a diagnostic quiz, asking for the au...
6 viewsSep 7, 2023
Interactive Central Limit Theorem Simulator - A prompt requesting a fully functional, visually engaging educational web simula...
4 viewsAug 25, 2023
AI Teammate for Team Coordination - A step-by-step prompt for an AI teammate to guide student teams in recognizing m...
8 viewsAug 23, 2023
Diagnostic Quiz Creator from Webpage Content - A prompt that turns any webpage or PDF into a diagnostic quiz, asking for the ta...
5 viewsAug 17, 2023
Prove Earth is Round with Code - A prompt that asks an AI to demonstrate the Earth's roundness through code, yiel...
1 viewsMay 10, 2023
Harvard Business School Case on Google's AI Dilemma - A prompt to generate a detailed business school case study on Google's strategic...
10 viewsApr 3, 2023
Negotiation Deliberate Practice Simulator - A prompt that turns the AI into a negotiation teacher, simulating scenarios, gra...
10 viewsMar 30, 2023
Alien Planet Animal Guide Creation - A prompt for generating a scientifically plausible alien animal with detailed ch...
0 viewsMar 28, 2023
other
RAG as Notecards Analogy - A practical analogy explaining RAG limitations by comparing the system to a huma...
0 viewsNov 2, 2024
productivity
A prompt to fact-check AI writing before you trust it - A simple fact-checking prompt for reviewing AI-written text, useful as a sanity ...
93 viewsAug 29, 2025
List Wrong Assumptions Before Answering - A prompt-engineering technique to append to any question, prompting the model to...
5 viewsJun 22, 2024
Framework Finder GPT Prompt - A system prompt for a GPT that guides users to select and apply analytical frame...
2 viewsJun 16, 2024
AI Intern Workflow: Task Identification & Prompt Creation - A two-step method to find AI-delegable tasks and generate effective prompts for ...
0 viewsMay 2, 2024
Grade Word Document Against Rubric with Red-Line Comments - A prompt that instructs an AI to grade a Word document against a provided rubric...
0 viewsNov 9, 2023
GPT-4 Memory and Ideas File System Prompt - A custom system prompt that enables GPT-4 to maintain persistent memory and idea...
3 viewsSep 23, 2023
Iterative Density Compression Summary Prompt - A prompt that instructs the AI to iteratively compress a summary, increasing den...
1 viewsSep 15, 2023
Wikipedia article generation with expansion and HTML output - A three-step prompt sequence to generate a detailed Wikipedia-style article, exp...
0 viewsJan 31, 2023
research
Analyze 1,000 years of UK economic data in Excel - A data-analysis prompt for ChatGPT or Claude for Excel to explore historical UK ...
186 viewsMar 8, 2026
Scheduled AI Self-Improvement Research Alert - A prompt to set up a recurring web search for credible evidence of AI self-impro...
2 viewsAug 24, 2025
Critique My Academic Paper - A simple prompt to have an AI model like o3 or Gemini 2.5 critique an academic p...
2 viewsMay 11, 2025
TTRPG Evolution Report Prompt - A prompt for generating a comprehensive, narrative-driven report on the evolutio...
6 viewsFeb 3, 2025
Critical Academic Paper Reviewer Prompt - A prompt that turns an AI into a critical academic reviewer, guiding it to list ...
5 viewsJul 26, 2024
Gorilla flings car into space calculation - A prompt that asks an AI to perform a physics-based calculation with explicit as...
2 viewsApr 19, 2023
Academic Paper Review as Economic Sociologist - A prompt that instructs the AI to produce a rigorous, peer-review-style critique...
5 viewsMar 19, 2023