Parsons: Prompt engineering will be a specialized craft, not universal skill
Guy Parsons · Unlocking Creativity with Prompt Engineering · Mar 9, 2023 · at 34:07
Guy Parsons discusses whether prompt engineering will become universal basic digital literacy or remain an elite specialty on the a16z Podcast.
0:00 / 0:23exact quote · 23.5s
▶ Watch the full episode on YouTube → 720p mp4 · rendered on demand · StarZero watermark
“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 develop a real like passion for whether that's just, you know, creatively or out of curiosity to see what's possible, you know, we'll, we'll be there and we'll like do some of the most amazing things.”
quote is from the automated transcript, cleaned for reading: filler sounds and stutters are removed, nothing is rephrased. names can be misheard (the analysis reads context, assessments check outside sources). how →
More from Guy Parsons
Parsons: Midjourney iterates on image models faster than OpenAI
“But then, of course, you have now tools like Midjourney, who've been, like, iterating on their text-to-image model, like, a lot more aggressively than OpenAI, who Understandably, I think maybe have some other things in the cooker, you know, which have now grow…”
Parsons: Art history and design backgrounds give prompt engineers an edge
“So if you've actually been to art school or you're up on your art history or your design language, then you probably got a head start on everyone else.”
Parsons: AI image models struggle with precise spatial layout prompts
“They often describe generally what the image is about, but not like how you would draw it step by step. And that's why these tools are less good at saying like, I want this thing over here and then that thing next to it and then something on top and that thing…”
Parsons: AI prompts yield diminishing returns as length increases
“And I think there's something to be said, like, I think the longer they are, there's definitely, like, diminishing returns.”
Parsons: Image-to-image AI models will power next-gen consumer interaction
“That's a really interesting space that's gonna probably power like the next generation of how people, especially consumers like interact with these products.”
Parsons: Generative AI fails when forced to produce highly specific work
“That's kind of the limitation of weather technology. Is at the moment, which is, it's amazing until you're trying to do something very specific. And especially if you want to do something very specific, this also to like a very high, like a professional standa…”