prompt engineering

7 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2022 by Karen X Cheng · across every show →

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Nov 9, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Karen X Cheng Predicts AI Will Quickly Automate Prompt Engineering
“Well, I don't think the answer is focus on prompt engineering because I wouldn't be surprised if in a very short amount of time, AI gets extremely good at Prompt engineering. And so those people are less, you know, relevant.”
Karen X Cheng Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 55:26 AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng
Mar 9, 2023
Insight
Parsons: AI developers are incentivized to eliminate prompt engineering
“There's obviously every incentive for the people that make these foundational tools to make prompt engineering, for instance, not A thing because they want everyone to be able to do it.”
Guy Parsons Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 33:25 Unlocking Creativity with Prompt Engineering
Mar 9, 2023
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Parsons: Prompt engineering will be a specialized craft, not universal skill
“I don't think it will become, like, this necessary skill that everyone needs to have, but I do think it will become, you know, like, some people are expert wood whittlers or, you know, really good at Animating hair or whatever, you know, the people that develo…”
Guy Parsons Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 34:07 Unlocking Creativity with Prompt Engineering
May 9, 2024 bullish
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Andreessen: Prompting Techniques Will Unlock Latent Super-Genius AI
“You could imagine prompting crafts in many different domains such that you're kind of unlocking the latent super genius.”
Marc Andreessen May 9, 2024 ▶ 12:23 Build Your Startup With AI
Oct 13, 2025 negative
Opinion
Misra: Prompt engineering is prompt twiddling, not true engineering
“One term I really dislike is prompt engineering. You know, engineering used to mean sending a man to the moon or providing five nines reliability. Prompt engineering is prompt twiddling.”
Vishal Misra Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 43:49 Will LLMs Get Us To AGI?
Nov 28, 2025
Insight
Sherman Wu: AI development has shifted from prompt to context engineering
“But I think the name of the game now is, is less on like, Prompt engineering as we had thought about it two years ago. It's more of like, it's like the context engineering side where it's like, what are the tools you give it? What is like the data that it pull…”
Sherman Wu Nov 28, 2025 ▶ 25:40 How OpenAI Builds for 800 Million Weekly Users: Model Specialization and Fine-Tuning
Dec 10, 2025
Insight
AI prompt engineering is fundamentally an exercise in delegation
“And prompt engineering is really just delegating.”
Jonathan Swanson Dec 10, 2025 ▶ 3:57 The Unicorn Founder Who Delegated Everything.
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