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Comment by squigz

8 days ago

I'm getting annoyed by using "prompt engineered" as a verb. Does this mean I'm finally old and bitter?

(Do we say we software engineered something?)

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pavlov  8 days ago

I think it’s meant to be engineering in the same sense as “social engineering”.

vpShane  8 days ago

You're definitely old and bitter, welcome to it.

You CREATED something, and I like to think that creating things that I love and enjoy and that others can love and enjoy makes creating things worth it.

  • squigz  8 days ago

    Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against using AI as an expression of creativity :)

    • malcolmxxx  8 days ago

      Create? So I have created all that code I'm running on my site, yes is bad I know, but thank you very much! Such creative guy I was!

officeplant  8 days ago

Not really since "prompt engineering" can be tossed in the same pile as "vibe coding." Just people coping with not developing the actual skills to produce the desired products.

  • koakuma-chan  8 days ago

    Try getting a small model to do what you want quickly with high accuracy, high quality, etc, and using few tokens per request. You'll find out that prompt engineering is real and matters.

  • bongodongobob  8 days ago

    Couldn't care less. I don't need to know how to do literally everything. AI fills in my gaps and I'm a ton more productive.

    • squigz  8 days ago

      I wouldn't bother trying to convince people who are upset that others have figured out a way to use LLMs. It's not logical.