[OJFord]

Let's just call all aspects of LLM usage 'x-engineering' to professionalise it, even while we're barely starting to figure it out.

[antonvs]

It’s fitting, since the industry is largely driven by hype engineering.

[klabb3]

It’s not good for engineering with the dilution of the term. We don’t really have many backup terms to switch to.

Maybe we should look to science and start using the term pseudo-engineering to dismiss the frivolous terms. I don’t really like that though since pseudoscience has an invalidating connotation whereas eg prompt engineering is not a lesser or invalid form of engineering - it’s simply not engineering at all, and no more or less ”valid”. It’s like calling yourself a ”canine engineer” when teaching your dog to do tricks.