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That's just systems analysis though. To call rediscovering that prompt engineering just because you're dealing with AI rather than programmers siloed away from
by Macha 3y ago
That's just systems analysis though. To call rediscovering that prompt engineering just because you're dealing with AI rather than programmers siloed away from business processes feels a little silly and just being justified to keep the title when as originally formulated by the people who first started using it, it was about learning the "magic words" for a specific LLM
- fnordpiglet 3y agoSee I always saw prompt engineering as the ability to author a prompt that elicits a specific behavior by the LLM, not simply the incantation to make to it say penis or talk like a sailor. The “make the AI be lewd” was a parlor trick, but the art of making it behave the way you want and to get the answers you want at the depth, breadth, and form you need is a skill and one I think isn’t going away in our lifetime. I’d further note that writing to influence humans to your intended response and understanding is a widely studied field by every study with multiple PhD and beyond disciplines associated. We even elect such people to lead us largely through their ability to prompt engineer humans. IMO - Folks seem to be reacting to the term “engineer” in the same way traditional engineers with engineering exams do to software engineers claiming to be engineers despite often graduating from a LAS school or not at all - I have a bunch of PE EE in my family and they treat my claim to be an engineer with extreme scorn.