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Re:Ask HN: I learned useless skill of prompt engineering, ho... by huijzer on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @02:10AM (#37130763)
Isn’t prompt engineering basically writing tests around a prompt and fiddling with it till you have as many passing tests as possible? It’s basically software engineering around a black box.
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Re:Ask HN: I learned useless skill of prompt engineering, ho... by H8crilA on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @02:51AM (#37130998)
Yes, but over time you begin to intuitively understand how the box thinks/works. It's like being a psychologist? Something like that.
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Re:Ask HN: I learned useless skill of prompt engineering, ho... by Eddygandr on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @03:51AM (#37131333)
I don’t think we’re at the point of Asimov’s robopsychology!
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