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I'm not sure if I believe that we'll have dedicated positions for query engineers because it's so hard to validate. Programming may seem like wizardry, but it's
by ImprobableTruth 4y ago
I'm not sure if I believe that we'll have dedicated positions for query engineers because it's so hard to validate. Programming may seem like wizardry, but it's the rule-bound, alchemy version of wizardry, this on the other hand is more like communing with spirits. All the conjecture in this post could be right on the money, or total bunk.
I don't see how anybody could reasonably hire someone for this position under this condition. How would one possibly discern between someone who can truly suss out what's going on and a techpriest who just recites learned dogma? I imagine it will definitely be an important skill, but I imagine that just like 'knowing how to google', it will be something that's just implicitly attached to a normal job.
- visarga 4y agoWhen GPT-3 came out it was very hard to coax even with prompts. Then OpenAI made Instruct GPT-3 and it suddenly became malleable and much better at taking a hint. I bet prompting is going to become even easier with time, so it won't be a skill one has to learn over years of practice anymore.
- jefftk 4y agoWhat's wrong with work-sample tests? Give them a toy problem and see how well they can solve it with a top AI and some iteration on queries.
- lmm 4y agoThere are already plenty of jobs like that though? E.g. economists seem to have much the same issue.
- jcims 4y agoJust don’t use the word engineer. Some people are better at it than others if you just watch the hashtags on Twitter. There will very clearly be value derived from it before we understand it. It’s very likely, in my opinion, that people will be hired for this type of work.