Prompt Engineering

This article provides a concise overview of prompt engineering, specifically focusing on its application to autoregressive language models. It correctly identifies prompt engineering as an empirical science, highlighting the importance of experimentation due to the variability in model responses. The article's scope is well-defined, excluding areas like Cloze tests and multimodal models, which helps maintain focus. The emphasis on alignment and model steerability as core goals is accurate and useful for understanding the purpose of prompt engineering. The reference to a previous post on controllable text generation provides a valuable link for readers seeking more in-depth information. However, the article could benefit from providing specific examples of prompt engineering techniques to illustrate the concepts discussed.

• •Prompt engineering aims to steer LLM behavior without updating model weights.
• •It's an empirical science requiring experimentation.
• •Focuses on alignment and model steerability for autoregressive language models.