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What? lol I'm not going to argue the definition of engineering with you but if you've done any real engineering you should realize it's not just some magic fluf
by chankstein38 4y ago
What? lol I'm not going to argue the definition of engineering with you but if you've done any real engineering you should realize it's not just some magic fluff of magically being able to do everything the first time.
Engineering takes many iterations of a concept before doing it right. You think people who engineer bridges and buildings have never thought about or attempted to design any aspect of any bridge or building before? No, they've tested a million different iterations of the same kind of thing and they've built models and they've tried things and failed.
It's why flow simulators and things like airflow chambers exist.
- amelius 4y agoYeah, some iteration may be necessary, but the point is that real engineers have a much better idea of what the outcome will be than these "prompt engineers".
- simonw 4y agoTalented prompt engineers DO have a good idea of what the outcome will be - that's a big part of the skill involved in prompt engineering. (Given how inherently unpredictable LLMs are that's actually pretty impressive.)
- amelius 4y agoI bet talented prompt engineers are surprised a lot of the time.