THERE was a time when expertise was measured by what you knew. Facts stored, theories mastered, ideas shaped through years of study and lived experience. Today, a new currency is quietly taking its place: the ability to ask the right question. Or more precisely, the ability to write the right prompt.

Walk through classrooms, offices and coffee shops across Metro Manila and you will notice a subtle shift. Students no longer begin with what they know, but with how they should ask. Professionals pressed for time no longer draft from scratch. They prompt, refine and regenerate. The work arrives faster, cleaner and often indistinguishable from something crafted entirely by human hands.