prompt engineering
6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2023 by Edo Liberty · across every show →
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May 31, 2023 bearish
Liberty: Prompt engineering is a fad, not a long-term profession
“A lot of people believe that prompt engineering is incredibly crucial. I don't necessarily buy into that. I don't know if you remember, but people, like, thought that, like you know query building for Google would be a profession too, right? And that didn't qu…”
Aug 16, 2023
Oct 25, 2023 negative
Mathew Lodge argues prompt engineering is a fallacy and merely trial-and-error
“And so the idea that there's something called prompt engineering, engineering in the sense of you're applying an approach because it's going to give you the output that you desire. Is a complete fallacy. At best it's trial and error. It's prompt trial and erro…”
Nov 8, 2023
Jul 25, 2024 negative
Jan 16, 2025
Chip Huyen says prompt engineering should treat each prompt as an experiment
“I do think that it can be very systematic. You know, you should need to make it very systematic. So if you consider like each prompt is experiment, it should be watching like versions of prompt. It should be able to systematically track your progress with diff…”