prompt engineering
Crafting AI instructions
Prompt engineering is the practice of crafting inputs to get desired outputs from AI language models.
It involves strategic wording, structure, and context to guide how an AI responds: Good prompt engineering can mean the difference between a useless answer and exactly what you need.
The term emerged with large language models in the early 2020s, treating interaction with AI as a skill to be developed rather than a simple question-and-answer exchange.
Advanced text-generating AI
- ChatGPTConversational AI assistant
- ClaudeTraditional French given name
- BERTPretrained language representation model
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
large language model · chatbot · text generation · completion · embedding · fine-tuning · tokenization · inference
Condensing into key points
- translationConverting between languages
- code generationAutomated software creation
- data extractionRetrieving information from sources
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
creative writing · copywriting · customer support · tutoring · research assistant
Repeated procedural pass
- testingExamining to evaluate
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- A/B testingComparing two variants' performance
calibration · consistency · accuracy · latency · cost efficiency · reproducibility · debugging · edge cases
No-example prediction
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- delimiterBoundary-marking character
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- suffixWord-ending addition
GPT-4
Advanced text-generating AI
- ChatGPTConversational AI assistant
- ClaudeTraditional French given name
- BERTPretrained language representation model
transformer · large language model · chatbot · text generation · completion · embedding · fine-tuning · tokenization · inference · API
summarization
Condensing into key points
- translationConverting between languages
- code generationAutomated software creation
- data extractionRetrieving information from sources
classification · creative writing · copywriting · customer support · tutoring · research assistant
iteration
Repeated procedural pass
- testingExamining to evaluate
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
A/B testing · calibration · consistency · accuracy · latency · cost efficiency · reproducibility · debugging · edge cases · robustness
zero-shot
No-example prediction
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- delimiterBoundary-marking character
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
suffix · priming · self-consistency · jailbreaking · guardrails
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