There are plenty of engineering disciplines that need to have statistical approaches to solving problems. Prompt engineering, should be approached by creating b

There are plenty of engineering disciplines that need to have statistical approaches to solving problems. Prompt engineering, should be approached by creating benchmark datasets and defining measures of efficacy and reliability. More generally, IMHO engineering is use of physical and informational tools to build a solution. Tools may have unpredictability and reliability concerns. Its the job of an engineer to utilize the power of these tools while overcoming the reliability issues that might be present. Example: Semiconductor manufacturing involves shooting gases at piece of silicon. There are all sorts of random scattering, distributional anomalies, and patterning problems that arise largely at random. I think you would still call it engineering.