prompt engineering
nounEtymology Likely coined in 2020 by AI researcher Gwern Branwen.
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Technology Neologism The technique of formulating instructions (prompts) for a generative AI, in order that it produce the expected output.
Artificial intelligence
- Practice prompt engineering and measure your progress in time. Prompt engineering is a new skill that will take you to the next level of AI.2022, Denis Rothman, Antonio Gulli, Transformers for Natural Language Processing […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 426:
- PromptBase’s sixth-most-popular seller, a prompt creator from Spain who goes by Imagineer, told me that prompt engineering is still a side hustle, having earned them just over 800 euros since September.2023 February 8, Charlie Warzel, “The Most Important Job Skill of This Century”, in The Atlantic:
2 more examples
- The latter skill has become known as “prompt engineering”: the technique of framing one’s instructions in terms most clearly understood by the system, so it returns the results that most closely match expectations – or perhaps exceed them.2023 March 16, James Bridle, “The stupidity of AI”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Now that you’ve learnt the basics of prompt engineering, you should be able to use AI chatbots more efficiently and get the desired results.2023 May 29, Zohaib Ahmed, “Want to make the most of ChatGPT? Try these prompt engineering basics”, in Indian Express, Mumbai:
- Synonyms
- prompt crafting
- Related terms
- prompt engineer