On the "humans need prompt engineering too": well, kind of. I hope that we are not all working on the precise verbiage to get the plumber to fix our toilet corr

On the "humans need prompt engineering too": well, kind of. I hope that we are not all working on the precise verbiage to get the plumber to fix our toilet correctly. There are also actions we expect others to perform without any communication whatsoever. Human actions take place in a social web that includes incentives and accountability as well as expectations on the part of interlocutors around what level of detail is required for communication. Sometimes this very clearly breaks down. But the fact that interpersonal communications sometimes require elaboration or precision doesn't negate the differences between an LLM's outputs and the actions of people who are engaged in active coping with the world around them.