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So, the new thing is that we're going to call everyone an engineer? Carpenter -> Wood engineer Tailor -> Fabric engineer Ceramist -> Clay engineer See how dumb it looks? And maybe the field is too new to have a specific word for it, but calling it "engineer" diminishes the level of actual engineers.
So, the new thing is that we're going to call everyone an engineer? Carpenter -> Wood engineer Tailor -> Fabric engineer Ceramist -> Clay engineer See how dumb it looks? And maybe the field is too new to have a specific word for it, but calling it "engineer" diminishes the level of actual engineers.
Go this way, instead:
Engine-maker Road-maker Trend-maker Fabric-maker Clay-maner Wood-maker Makeup-maker Book-maker Law-maker
Each school of making shall also have ranks: Vice Chief of Book-making, Novice Fabric-maker, Treasurer of Makeup-making et cetera
So, the new thing is that we're going to call everyone an engineer? Carpenter -> Wood engineer Tailor -> Fabric engineer Ceramist -> Clay engineer See how dumb it looks? And maybe the field is too new to have a specific word for it, but calling it "engineer" diminishes the level of actual engineers.
Calling carpenters wood engineers is pretty much warranted. There should be no engineering police that determines which jobs are allowed to carry the prestigious engineer title. Software engineering was also ridiculed for the longest time by “real” mechanical engineers.
Am i the only one that tried using gpt4 for serious development work but stopped pretty fast because of its obvious limitations ? Reading that article makes me wonder if we're even talking about the same thing.
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The culture war surrounding prompt engineering is so dumb. My eyes roll hard into the back of my head every time I read a comment like this. Prompt engineering is not the same as programming. In some regards, it is “better”. In other regards, it is “worse”. They’re two different yet similar disciplines, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, but both equally legitimate. Programming is simply the skill of being…
Working on new LLM model is like doing genetic engineering trying to come up with a new animal species. Prompt engineering is like feeding said animal and shoveling its manure.
Where are they now?
Am i the only one that tried using gpt4 for serious development work but stopped pretty fast because of its obvious limitations ? Reading that article makes me wonder if we're even talking about the same thing.
I have used several of 'the big' SaaS GPTs, and have gotten great use from them.
There is absolutely a use for these tools, but they do take some small amount of skill to get good results.
It all comes down to the context you can provide to steer the answer to what you really need. The better you can describe your current state and what you want from the answer, the better the answer will be.
i feel like people that get really into prompt engineering seem to forget that other people are working on building models that are even better . Do they really think that the tricks they developed to make gpt3.5 work well will still be necessary on gpt9 (or whatever new model replaces gpt)? if you want a long-lasting career in AI you need to work on the actual AI stuff, not just using the AI stuff.
"if you want a long-lasting career in AI you need to work on the actual AI stuff, not just using the AI stuff." I think this is more for people, though, that want to maximize the use of AI in their own field, isn't it? The "knowledge worker enhancer"? I am not sure they really need to work on the actual AI stuff...
The latter latches on to the surface level of any new tech but proceeds with swagger befitting a Nobel laureate.
i feel like people that get really into prompt engineering seem to forget that other people are working on building models that are even better . Do they really think that the tricks they developed to make gpt3.5 work well will still be necessary on gpt9 (or whatever new model replaces gpt)? if you want a long-lasting career in AI you need to work on the actual AI stuff, not just using the AI stuff.
So, the new thing is that we're going to call everyone an engineer? Carpenter -> Wood engineer Tailor -> Fabric engineer Ceramist -> Clay engineer See how dumb it looks? And maybe the field is too new to have a specific word for it, but calling it "engineer" diminishes the level of actual engineers.
The etymology is more from “social engineering,” particularly if you model talking to a chatbot as a chat.