Maybe this is what's missing in the prompt? We've learned years ago to tell the AI they're the expert principal 100x software developer ninja, but maybe we should also honestly disclose our own level of expertise in the task.

A simple "I'm a professional surgeon, but sadly know nothing about making software" would definitely make the conversation play out differently. How? Needs to be seen. But in an idealized scenario (which could easily become real if models are trained for it), the model would coach the (self-stated) non-expert users on the topics it would ordinarily assume the (implicitly self-stated) expert already knows.