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Re:Ask HN: Is prompt engineering just snake oil? by foogazi on Saturday April 22, 2023 @10:46AM (#35667076)
When a building collapses you can’t just reboot it

But in software you can simulate and test all you want before connecting it to the real world

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Re:Ask HN: Is prompt engineering just snake oil? by zerr on Saturday April 22, 2023 @12:08PM (#35667976)
To be fair, when the building collapses in the CAD simulation, you just "reboot" it with different parameters. Civil engineers don't actually put bricks or weld a metal.
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Re:Ask HN: Is prompt engineering just snake oil? by Nextgrid on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:07PM (#35668666)
Problem is that CAD is just an approximation of the real world and will never simulate it 100% faithfully.

Software on the other hand can technically be simulated 100% accurately, barring hardware or interpreter bugs.

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Re:Ask HN: Is prompt engineering just snake oil? by kaba0 on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:17PM (#35668793)
No amount of testing will prevent all errors, and certain bugs can cost human lives.
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