Shunyu Yao argues modern LLMs make prompt engineering tricks obsolete
Shunyu Yao · Language Agents: From Reasoning to Acting — with Shunyu Yao of OpenAI, Harrison Chase of LangGraph · Sep 27, 2024 · at 29:31
OpenAI researcher Shunyu Yao discusses how model optimization for agentic reasoning and tool use has reduced the need for esoteric prompting hacks.
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“I feel like in some sense, I feel like prompt engineering, even it's like a slightly negative word at the time, because it refers to all those kind of weird tricks that you have to apply. But I think we don't have to do that anymore. Like given today's progress, you should just be able to talk to like a coworker. And if you're clear and concrete and, you know, being reasonable, then it should be reasonable things for you.”
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