| I think "prompt engineering" as a phrase will go the way of "information superhighway," but the underlying skill will always be useful. Prompting is basically the same thing as writing requirements as a PM - you need to describe what you want with precision and the appropriate level of detail while giving relevant, useful context. Doing it with an LLM isn't that different than doing it with a human. A few examples: - If you need some marketing copy written, you need to give the necessary information on the subject of the copy, information about the structure/length/etc. and probably some examples of the writing style you're going for. This is exactly the same with a human copywriter as with an LLM. - If you're looking to have someone do data analysis on a large spreadsheet, you should give context on what the data mean and be as precise as you can about what analysis you want performed. Same with a human analyst or an LLM. - And of course, if you want an app developed, you need to give specific requirements for the app - I won't go into detail here, because I'm sure most people on here get the idea, but again, same with a human developer or an LLM. Ultimately the skill you're describing is just good, clear communication. Until we all have chips in our brain, that's going to be useful. I will caveat that by saying that one area where I expect to see LLMs improve is in knowing when to solicit feedback. In the marketing copy case, for example, if you give it relevant product info and a particular length, it ought to ask you for examples of writing style or give you examples and ask for feedback before continuing. That'll certainly help, but it's not going to remove the need to clearly describe what you want. |