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mAIn Street #84: What Should You Be Spending on AI Each Month?; UseArticle Puts Affiliate Marketing on Autopilot; Prompts for Conflict Resolution, Correcting Mistakes, and Preventing Your LLMs from Going Off-Course on Big Projects

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

  • PromptCraft: Prompts for Conflict Resolution, Correcting Mistakes, and Preventing Your LLMs from Going Off-Course on Big Projects
  • What Should You Be Spending on AI Each Month?​
  • THE HEADLINES
  • Tool Spotlight: UseArticle Puts Affiliate Marketing on Autopilot

Prompts for Conflict Resolution, Correcting Mistakes, and Preventing Your LLMs from Going Off-Course on Big Projects

  • ​Warwick study: “Could you be wrong?” prompt: July 2025 preprint shows a four-word metacognitive follow-up (“Could you be wrong?”) reliably pushes LLMs to surface contradictions, admit uncertainty, and correct omissions. Practical takeaway: add it after critical answers to reduce hallucinations and reveal hidden counter-evidence.
  • ​Stop instruction drift with a rolling checklist: Simple safeguard: tell the model to maintain and repeat a living step-list in every reply. Keeps long technical threads on-mission, reduces context loss, and forces explicit “commit” points before advancing. Great for multi-day builds and integrations.
  • ​Conflict Resolution Ninja prompt (PromptFuel): A structured prompt that reframes disagreements as relationship-strengthening opportunities. Covers preparation, de-escalation, active listening, common-ground mapping, and when to pause vs. persist. Includes scripts/frames you can paste for tough conversations at work or home.
  • ​ATS + recruiter-friendly resume prompt: Template rebuilds resumes into single-column, keyword-optimized, scannable formats. Emphasizes clean headings, concise bullets, and role/skills/education ordering. Output both PDF and DOCX; paste the job description and current resume for tailored, ATS-aligned results.

What Should You Be Spending on AI Each Month?

Yes, It Depends, but It Should Be Something

Long weekends are great opportunities to get in touch with my inner budgeter. As a Virgo, I like to know where every last cent is going.

Among my monthly expenses? You guessed it, AI subscriptions.

It stands to reason I’d be plugged into more than a few.

I mean, I publish a newsletter on this stuff four times a week, and I give trainings on how to implement genAI tools into your business.

I’d be a poser otherwise, and no one who grew up in the ’90s could look themselves in the mirror if they were guilty of that.

Anyhow, AI is going to replace a lot of jobs. The ones who survive will be the ones who know the right tools and how to use them to get more done.

Sad to say it, but that means you will need to spend some money on a subscription or two if you plan to be at the head of the pack. That’s the only way to try every tool and test the limits of every model.

But how much should you be spending?

Short answer: It depends. Longer answer:

First, Invest Where It Is Essential to What You Do

Here’s a dirty little secret that most people don’t know about AI tools. You can go a long way on Free Plans.

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HIGHLIGHTS: AI Screening Tool Flags 'Hundreds of Scientific Journals'; Trump's Labor Boss Says AI Is 'Not Displacing the Human Worker,' But Get Used to It; and There Are 32 Ways AI Can Go Rogue

UseArticle Puts Affiliate Marketing on Autopilot

UseArticle makes affiliate marketing effortless by transforming any product URL into a fully functional affiliate website—complete with content, design, and SEO—at the click of a button. Instead of spending hours writing articles or setting up hosting, you simply paste your product link, add your affiliate ID, and UseArticle instantly generates a live site ready to promote.

Optimized for niche keywords and built to drive traffic, it’s a fast track for creators and marketers who want to monetize without technical overhead. With built-in hosting, simple workflows, and plans to expand features like WordPress integration and custom keyword targeting, UseArticle is shaping up to be a go-to tool for passive income seekers.

👉 Explore it here: usearticle.com​

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