See 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

See 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.