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prompt engineering

American  
[prahmpt en-juhn-eer-ing] / ˈprɑmpt ˌɛn dʒənˈɪər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the process of designing appropriate and effective inputs for a machine learning algorithm.


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Hence the importance of prompt engineering, or how to extract the best from these soulless but amazingly powerful association engines.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

The skill required to frame the questions asked of chatbots in a way that elicits the desired response, called prompt engineering, combines intuition and experimentation.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

A new professional field, known as prompt engineering, has opened up as a result of this technological advancement.

From Seattle Times Sep. 29, 2023

Within a couple of hours, the large language model and its trusty chatbot sidekick had helped me outline a course on prompt engineering, complete with learning objectives, assignments, and lecture notes.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2023

How and when did you get into prompt engineering?

From The Verge Sep. 2, 2022

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