What is a prompt engineer and who is hiring them?

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What is a prompt engineer and who is hiring them?

So quite recently, I saw this tweet and was like, whaaaaatttt??!!! How much is that salary?

In case you are wondering what a prompt engineer is, a prompt engineer is someone who writes prose to test AI chatbots. They are experts in asking AI chatbots questions that can produce desired responses, and their job is to identify the AI’s errors and hidden capabilities so developers can address them.

The demand for prompt engineers is increasing as it appears to be one of the most in-demand professions for 2023. If you want to become a prompt engineer, and who wouldn’t want a salary like that, you need to have expertise in natural language processing (NLP) and large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT. You also need to know how to tune words, weights, and other parameters that affect the output of an LLM. If you have kids in college, and they have an aptitude for tech, I strongly suggest you steer them in this direction. Just sayin’…

Here are a few companies hiring prompt engineers now:

Without a doubt, the demand for prompt engineers is an undeniable signal that ChatGPT is not going away. And if this job was not a clear indicator, the investments made by Google and Microsoft surely are. But how will it affect the world of HR? A study by Accenture estimates that organizations could save up to 60% on operational costs by using ChatGPT. The advantages it brings to the table include improved cost-effectiveness, better employee engagement, more efficient onboarding processes, and reducing the workload on HR staff by handling routine and repetitive tasks. Will it end up taking all the HR jobs away? Doubtful, but the speculation is certainly there. And if it were to take some jobs, newer opportunities would surely emerge to replace them. Like, umm… prompt engineering.


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