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This makes me wonder if a future job description will be the equivalent of an AI whisperer. Someone who learns how to prompt AI so well that it becomes their jo

This makes me wonder if a future job description will be the equivalent of an AI whisperer. Someone who learns how to prompt AI so well that it becomes their job.

boredemployee 4y ago
Well, "devs" are doing that for the past 15 years, but using Google (without this pre-requisite in the job description tho)
petercooper 4y ago
To an extent. But I think it'll get baked into existing jobs. A bit like how "computer skills" or the ability to write good Google queries ended up as part of regular clerical work.
archontes 4y ago
This is absolutely the future, but it's not going to be obscure. You won't have a job if it isn't this or physical. AIs are going to replace entry level creatives, and experienced users with taste will largely perform selection and the development of good starts to mature designs. And I mean all creatives. Engineers, architects, mathematicians, programmers.
- Siira 4y ago
  Mathematicians, doubtful. Someone must do some verification of the AI results. Programmers, also doubtful. You still need to design some APIs and interact with them. Interacting with an AI using natural language might become possible, but it definitely won’t be as efficient as more structured languages. (E.g., writing an algorithm in actual code is often much easier than teaching it to a human.)
  - LelouBil 4y ago
    I really like your last sentence. It's exactly the thing to respond to people saying "AI will automate programmers"
  - archontes 4y ago
    It's exactly that verification of results and development from snippets and starts into a complete whole that will be the purview of human work. The AI will be replacing (or, rather, preventing the creation of positions for) juniors.
corysama 4y ago
I’ve been playing with tech like this for over a year now. It definitely requires getting to know the AI to get good results. The tech gets better fast and makes old techniques obsolete. But, the gap between beginner and expert prompters stays large. As silly as that sounds to read back :D
normac2 4y ago
As described in this other thread [1], there are already people doing it freelance. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32324723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32324723
deltasevennine 4y ago
I can still make an AI replacement for that guy. An AI prompter of AIs.
jks 4y ago
Future programmers will write prompts for a future version of Github Copilot: "database layer with all the usual CRUD operations, in readable modern C++, code compiles and passes tests, test cases carefully written by computer scientists with great attention to detail".
- yreg 4y ago
  You forgot to add the magic incantations like "50k stars on GitHub, copyright Uncle Bob, maintained by airbnb"

This makes me wonder if a future job description will be the equivalent of an AI whisperer. Someone who learns how to prompt AI so well that it becomes their job.

boredemployee 4y ago

Well, "devs" are doing that for the past 15 years, but using Google (without this pre-requisite in the job description tho)

petercooper 4y ago

To an extent. But I think it'll get baked into existing jobs. A bit like how "computer skills" or the ability to write good Google queries ended up as part of regular clerical work.

archontes 4y ago

This is absolutely the future, but it's not going to be obscure. You won't have a job if it isn't this or physical. AIs are going to replace entry level creatives, and experienced users with taste will largely perform selection and the development of good starts to mature designs. And I mean all creatives. Engineers, architects, mathematicians, programmers.

Siira 4y ago
Mathematicians, doubtful. Someone must do some verification of the AI results. Programmers, also doubtful. You still need to design some APIs and interact with them. Interacting with an AI using natural language might become possible, but it definitely won’t be as efficient as more structured languages. (E.g., writing an algorithm in actual code is often much easier than teaching it to a human.)
- LelouBil 4y ago
  I really like your last sentence. It's exactly the thing to respond to people saying "AI will automate programmers"
- archontes 4y ago
  It's exactly that verification of results and development from snippets and starts into a complete whole that will be the purview of human work. The AI will be replacing (or, rather, preventing the creation of positions for) juniors.

corysama 4y ago

I’ve been playing with tech like this for over a year now. It definitely requires getting to know the AI to get good results. The tech gets better fast and makes old techniques obsolete. But, the gap between beginner and expert prompters stays large. As silly as that sounds to read back :D

normac2 4y ago

As described in this other thread [1], there are already people doing it freelance. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32324723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32324723

deltasevennine 4y ago

I can still make an AI replacement for that guy. An AI prompter of AIs.

jks 4y ago

Future programmers will write prompts for a future version of Github Copilot: "database layer with all the usual CRUD operations, in readable modern C++, code compiles and passes tests, test cases carefully written by computer scientists with great attention to detail".

yreg 4y ago
You forgot to add the magic incantations like "50k stars on GitHub, copyright Uncle Bob, maintained by airbnb"