Getting Started With AI: Good Enough Prompting

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prompt engineering will become redundant. As Chair of Marketing at King’s College London Oguz Acar put it, “AI systems will get more intuitive and adept at understanding natural language, reducing the need for meticulously engineered prompts.”

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#4—Prompting is a finicky art, but a worthy investment While it would be great if the three techniques I’ve shared so far immediately transform your prompts, there's a decent chance they will fall flat for your use case. My guess is that they will even become irrelevant as models become smarter and more cost-effective over time. My point in sharing