The classic Palantir decomposition prompt. The winning answer hinges on one asymmetry candidates rarely surface unprompted, and on starting with something embarrassingly simpler than an ML model.
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Decompose: design a system to detect credit-card fraud.
The classic Palantir decomposition prompt. The winning answer hinges on one asymmetry candidates rarely surface unprompted, and on starting with something embarrassingly simpler than an ML model.
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