AI, especially chatGPT and GPT-4 is a hot topic in Tech news. These large language models (LLMs) have many applications, but they require good questions to work well. That’s why prompt engineering is a significant skill.
Though prompt engineering is a hot and lucrative position at the moment, this may not be the case for long because prompt engineering is not a technical field that demands a lot of education, but rather a skill that everyone should learn in the AI era. Remember the typists from decades ago?
Some practical prompt engineering techniques
I do learn a lot from these materials:
In addition, I enjoy making AI impersonate different characters:
When studying new stuff, ask AI to play the role of an expert teacher in the subject you are studying, and to design a learning path for you.
When brainstorming, let AI mimic Socrates and pose questions to you about the topic. By the way, I learned this technique from a Twitter user, but I can’t remember his/her ID.
Prompt engineers will be typists in the AI era
As LLMs advance, humans, to be specific, prompt engineers will become the bottleneck of collaboration efficiency between big models. And it's too expensive and time-wasting to hire a prompt engineer to write curated prompts. Prompt engineering will be a normal thing as artificial intelligence spreads to every part of life, just like typing and searching on our phones and computers today. Do people still work as typists these days?
Conclusion
In short, prompt engineering will be a basic skill in the AI era, but should not be overstated.