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  • Max Böckmxbck
    Apr 14, 2023, 3:36 PM

    "prompt engineering" - what a sad job. So you spend all day trying to figure out the exact sequence of words that will get the computer to do the thing you want lol

    Wait

    Oh noe

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  • Max Böckmxbck
    Apr 14, 2023, 3:41 PM

    @zachleat well MY words have semicolons and curly braces, that's fun I guess

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  • Stu Robsonsturobson
    Apr 14, 2023, 3:41 PM

    @mxbck this is how I write CSS as well.

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  • Max Böckmxbck
    Apr 14, 2023, 3:44 PM

    @sturobson "make website, cool looking, style of Lynn Fisher"

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  • hotkey (Zoé)hotkey@mstdn.ca
    Apr 14, 2023, 6:07 PM

    @mxbck Well, if you think about it, life is pretty much spending all day trying to figure out the exact sequence of words that will get the computer/other people/your pet to do the thing you want 🤔​

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  • KhosKyebr@hachyderm.io
    Apr 15, 2023, 2:35 AM

    @hotkey @mxbck What about the exact sequence of electrical signals. I need to make my arm move.

    No no, not that one the other one

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  • barstewardbarsteward@infosec.exchange
    Apr 14, 2023, 6:44 PM

    @mxbck And in the meantime, AI systems are spending all day trying to figure out the exact sequence of words that will get the human to do the thing they want lol.

    Wait

    Oh noe

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  • ChristopherSelectStarMan@techhub.social
    Apr 15, 2023, 7:12 PM

    @mxbck
    It's really not that different pasting what you're trying to into Google and copying from SO vs pasting into chatgpt

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  • Magnesiummagnesium@infosec.exchange
    Apr 15, 2023, 11:33 PM

    @mxbck if it helps ( and I know it doesn't), they only need to think for about 15 minutes to come up with truely creative images instead of all day

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  • nikunjshahnikunjshah@jawns.club
    Apr 17, 2023, 3:15 PM

    @mxbck I think its time for me to go cry in the corner as I contemplate my existence...

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  • Patrick Van Oosterwijckxorbit@noc.social
    Apr 20, 2023, 4:47 AM

    @mxbck Prompt engineering is the dystopian version of programming. Instead of having a clearly specified language, the human is expected to continually adapt to how the model may have changed. That is sooooo much better. 😂

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  • Mettie 👁 [Yaseenist]Metamedia@snowdin.town
    Apr 21, 2023, 9:33 AM
    @mxbck I personally don't think "prompt engineer" is a job title that is here to stay. These silver bullet solutions are always created by people who have never really worked in the field and don't understand the complexity of the job.

    That being said, we should just all get a UBI at this point and let companies become ChatGPT whisperers
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  • Zelphir Kaltstahlzelphirkaltstahl@mastodon.social
    Apr 21, 2023, 10:24 AM

    @mxbck I think a difference is, that in programming languages there is a mostly predictable behavior of parts/implementation of concepts. With prompts, one always simply has to hope, that something good will be returned. I think it is different from programming in this way. Of course using prompts one can get code and then look over that code and possibly improve it, to actually get something predictable in the end. But that is using prompts on a higher level than programming.

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  • aismallardaismallard@mas.to
    May 5, 2023, 10:26 PM

    @mxbck One is like herding cats, the other is like designing a bridge. Sure they both involve work but one is far more enjoyable and fulfilling.

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