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Asimov Unknowingly Pioneered Modern Prompt Engineering [View all]
The other day, I needed to configure some server settings for a rarely changed system process (crontab).
I duly googled the topic, read thru some informative "how-to" guides, and skilled all the options, not finding any easy answer.
Then I thot - just ask "Bing" in my Skype app...
And bam. There ya go. Just copy / paste into the config file and my job was done.
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But when I crafted my request, I realized I needed to be very specific, with no ambiguity, etc.
Give me an example line for a cron schedule to run at 1 am only on the first Sunday of every month
Upon mentioning this to a fellow geek sys-admin, they go...
Well of course, you need to read up on "prompt engineering" - which I did, and gesh... I am soooo behind things !!
Ref: https://learnprompting.org/
"Your Guide to Communicating with Artificial Intelligence"
And this...
https://hackernoon.com/asimov-unknowingly-pioneered-modern-prompt-engineering
"Asimov Unknowingly Pioneered Modern Prompt Engineering"
Sci-Fi writers have been our great visionaries - Author C Clark invented the concept of the "artificial satellite," which make our world run these days ! (and also the "space elevator," which maybe someday we will build)
Prompt Engineering - The Background and History
Prompt engineering is a process in which input prompts to an AI large language model are crafted and refined to generate accurate, relevant, and useful output. It involves deliberate and systematic design and refinement of prompts and underlying data structures to manipulate AI systems towards achieving specific and desired outputs. With the emergence of AI, particularly natural language processing models, prompt engineering has gained significance as a means to improve the effectiveness and user experience of AI systems.
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