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The culture war surrounding prompt engineering is so dumb. My eyes roll hard into the back of my head every time I read a comment like this. Prompt engineering
by jw1224 3y ago
The culture war surrounding prompt engineering is so dumb. My eyes roll hard into the back of my head every time I read a comment like this.
Prompt engineering is not the same as programming. In some regards, it is “better”. In other regards, it is “worse”. They’re two different yet similar disciplines, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, but both equally legitimate.
Programming is simply the skill of being able to communicate with a compiler/interpreter effectively.
Prompt engineering is simply the skill of being able to communicate with an LLM effectively.
I wish we weren’t so divided over an incredible new technology.
- minimaxir 3y agoIt’s more of a No True Scotsman thing about “prompt engineering is just inputting text, it’s not actual engineering” https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/comments/14nbwfv/where_is_the_engineering_part_in_prompt_engineer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/comments/14nbwfv/where_...
- yousif_123123 3y agoAnyone using a computer is "just" clicking on specific pixels and triggering keyboard events.. it still could be "actual engineering" imo if one is building a system following engineering methods, solving problems etc.
- Detrytus 3y agoWorking on new LLM model is like doing genetic engineering trying to come up with a new animal species. Prompt engineering is like feeding said animal and shoveling its manure.
- two_in_one 3y agoPrompt engineering is a reality. No reasons denying. Better prompt is needed for better results. But, even today prompts and rules of writing are not transferable even between existing LLMs. Future LLMs will have different architectures and requirements. I suspect today's prompt will be split into data and prompt. Probably just references, keywords to actual data. In other words current state is transitory, next will be very different.