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prompt engineering

noun \ˈpräm(p)t ˌen-jə-ˈnir-iŋ\

also prompt engineer

TopicPrompting & Context First known use2020 Senses1
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Definition of prompt engineering

  1. : the practice of designing and refining prompts to get reliable, high-quality results from an AI model

    • Good prompt engineering is mostly clear writing and good examples.
    • The company hired a prompt engineer to tune its customer-service bot.

Origin & history

first known use2020

Spread after GPT-3 in 2020, when people discovered that wording changed results dramatically.

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