The Art of the Prompt: A Look at 26 Prompting Principles
Prompt engineering is the art of crafting magic words that teach AI to chat wisely and wittily! — GPT4
Introduction
If OpenAI’s and Google's latest demo’s are any hint, we are racing to a future in which talking with voice assistants and language apps may be as common as chatting with a friend.
In essence, we are dealing with a new era of human-machine communication, the one several sci-fi authors and movie producers have captured in their art.
Unlike with typical software systems, which involve simple navigation or button-clicking, we find ourselves in a more convenient and easier place; after all, we are dealing with human language.
As it turns out, human language-based communication with our helpful assistants is easy, though not simple.
Language is rarely simple, as it has so much nuance. However, in this case, the framing of the question greatly affects the articulation, style, and clarity of the answers.
When you click a button, you get standard or generally expected answers. However, now your experience in using an AI assistant, as well as a friend’s experience with similar questions, can be drastically different.
In fact, the quality of the responses…
