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This is like arguing that surely we can get rid of all our formers as soon as we have a widespread enough caste of priests. There is no such thing as "prompt e
by Nullabillity 2y ago
This is like arguing that surely we can get rid of all our formers as soon as we have a widespread enough caste of priests.
There is no such thing as "prompt engineering", because there is no formal logic to be understood or engineered into submission. That's just not how it works.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoI remember saying the same about higher-level languages. Discipline can be applied to any endeavor.
- Nullabillity 2y agoHigher-level languages still operate according to defined rules and logic, even if we can sometimes disagree with those rules, and it still takes time to learn the implications of those rules. AI prompts.. do not. It's fundamentally just not how the technology works.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoTime will tell. I still believe that we can approach even the most chaotic conditions, with a disciplined strategy. I’ve seen it happen, many times.
- williamcotton 2y agoThere's plenty of tacit knowledge in engineering. Being good at debugging a system is based more on experience and gut feelings than following some kind of formal logic. LLMs are quite useful debugging assistants. Using an LLM to assist with such tasks takes tacit knowledge itself. The internal statistical models generated during training are capable of applying higher-ordered pattern matching that while informal are still quite useful. Learning how to use these tools is a skill.