Am I the only one annoyed by the term “prompt engineer{ing}”? I thought this was a meme, but I have actually seen some job posts for “prompt engineer”.
Those job posts are seeking engineers who show up on time and deliver their work expeditiously.
Favorites from our prompt engineering tournament
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#22Towards the end they state: ‘… just adding “do not hallucinate” has been shown to reduce the odds a model hallucinates.’ I find this surprising and doesn’t fit with my understanding of how a language model works. But I’m very much a novice. Would this be due to update training including feedback that marks bad responses with the term “hallucinate”?
my model is that you need to tell give it ways to make the hallucination not the most plausible thing. I prefer to tell it that it can say "I don't know"
Re: Favorites from our prompt engineering tournament
#23Interesting analogue to books like "How to win friends and influence people". This genre of self help books include a lot of things that when you squint look like prompt engineering on humans
Although doesn't the Dale Carnegie book focus mostly on being a good listener and using emotional intelligence? Prompt engineering doesn't seem to be very similar to this AFAIK.
Things like "Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person" seem more like prompting tricks