What is prompt engineering

What is prompt engineering

🔹Prompt Engineering, a key skill in the future, has little to do with "engineering". But what is it then ?

Prompt engineering is the ability to prompt a model to achieve desired outcome.

There is a consensus saying it will be a key skill in the future. Prompt engineering is engineering - it's in the name, right?

But is it really 'engineering'?
Let's think about it. đŸ€”

Engineers follow blueprints, calculations, formulas. There's precision. There's predictability.

Prompt engineering? It's a bit more... chaotic. More experimental. More uncertain. More... fun?

Like an artist 🎹 may be ? With a palette, brushes, and canvas ?

Or may be even a 'craft' ? A blend of science and art, data and intuition, precision and creativity.

But artists aim at beauty. Prompters want to hit gold. To me, that's the definition of Alchemy.

Are prompt engineers then, the modern alchemists ? If so, we hope for a brighter future :)

Let me know your thoughts! 💡


Text drafted through a chat with an AI model. Visual: Stable Diffusion or DALL-E 3.
Transformation and final editing by Jean-Paul Paoli.