Anna Bortsova, a UX Engineer at Google DeepMind, is using a technique called "meta prompting" to create impressive videos with Veo, an AI tool. Instead of crafting individual prompts for specific scenes, she instructs Gemini to generate detailed prompts for multiple scenes simultaneously. These prompts can span several pages and are designed to help the AI produce vivid outputs. For instance, when creating a video of an unfurling paper fern, Gemini was instructed to focus on a slow, mesmerizing animation with rhythmic movements. Bortsova’s approach emphasizes specificity in her prompts. She suggests defining tasks clearly—such as producing an 8-second stop-motion animation—and providing constraints like the type of paper to use. Emotional engagement is also key; she advises indicating the feelings the scenes should evoke, enhancing the AI's output quality. Her creations, which include ASMR-style videos with paper-engineered scenes, have gained attention from colleagues at Google and audiences on social media. Despite her technical role in building AI infrastructure for researchers, Bortsova finds joy in these creative projects during her spare time. She encourages others to experiment with subjects they love, sharing her insights through a presentation to help others navigate the same creative process. Her work stands at the intersection of engineering and visual arts, showcasing how structured experimentation can lead to captivating results.