I don't know if it is fair to call it "engineering" but it is not snake oil. Prompt engineering is programming but with natural language. Even between us human

I don't know if it is fair to call it "engineering" but it is not snake oil. Prompt engineering is programming but with natural language. Even between us humans being able to communicate clearly is essential part of understanding each other. It is also a form of programming. Prompt engineering, or whatever you want to call it, will be an important part of how we communicate with machines in the future.