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(DIR) Post #AT2XbPIJyD4oUdKCPo by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-02-25T13:57:21Z
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I'm quoted a couple of times in this piece by @drewharwell about prompt engineering https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/25/prompt-engineers-techs-next-big-job/Quite pleased that I got "if you mispronounce them, demons come to eat you" in the Washington Post :)
(DIR) Post #AT2Y8isYB22kmz9n4y by aiefel@mastodon.social
2023-02-25T14:03:40Z
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@simon @drewharwell journalists live for quotes like that. Or they should.
(DIR) Post #AT2YsYL9gvztQPOFay by dahukanna@mastodon.social
2023-02-25T14:12:08Z
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@simon @drewharwell Exploration and mapping expeditions of an unknown, unpredictable digital space that other people built.
(DIR) Post #AT2brISHZ9SrjOofuy by bishopoforange@mastodon.social
2023-02-25T14:45:39Z
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@simon @drewharwell oh damn. This is such a good way of putting it!
(DIR) Post #AT2gh7MKSuxeBzztwG by Nothingisamiss@mastodon.social
2023-02-25T15:39:42Z
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@simon @drewharwell I feel as if you should have this engraved....somewhere#lifegoals
(DIR) Post #AT2l5hHiwgxgNfor4K by boagworld@mastodon.social
2023-02-25T16:25:19Z
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@simon oh great. Now evangelical Christians will conclude AI is the anti-Christ. Thanks Simon! ;-)
(DIR) Post #AT2v7apYucvKU5BoMi by raf@mastodon.cloud
2023-02-25T18:21:25Z
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@simon @drewharwell first, I’ve enjoyed your writing on the subject immensely and can’t wait to read more. Thanks! But, I think that this way of talking about LLMs, ie as something magical does more harm than good.We already have so much tech bro content pushing the hype around AI and depending on people knowing _just enough_ to find it fascinating, but _not enough_ to see its limitations. This is a familiar pattern (think crypto, NFTs).
(DIR) Post #AT2vfwSqz8MrQSwkgi by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-02-25T18:27:26Z
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@raf @drewharwell I actually wrote something about the dangers of using that magic analogy here: https://simonwillison.net/2022/Oct/5/spell-casting/I think I may have mentioned it was a problematic analogy to Drew on the phone but that bit didn't make it into the article
(DIR) Post #AT2w0vEekX2hhBJHgO by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
2023-02-25T18:33:09Z
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@simon Those are good sentences.
(DIR) Post #AT2wPqK49UNjhMiv7A by janantos@mstdn.social
2023-02-25T18:35:38Z
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@simon @drewharwell big language models are not hallucinating, they are bullsh*tting.
(DIR) Post #AT3X7tj6SFTNLYjzJQ by jackyan@mastodon.social
2023-02-26T01:27:04Z
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@simon @drewharwell Brilliant quote!
(DIR) Post #ATeULyJKg0pox1WK48 by xmal@discuss.systems
2023-03-15T21:20:03Z
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@simon @drewharwell does anyone known when was the first time that “prompt engineering” was used in the context of LLMs?
(DIR) Post #ATeUcsvrvWMbC1btdA by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-03-15T21:23:24Z
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@xmal @drewharwell no idea, and a quick search didn't find any good answers. I would love to know that too.
(DIR) Post #ATeUzL7hnIvwzpr0L2 by xmal@discuss.systems
2023-03-15T21:27:25Z
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@simon @drewharwell the term existed in the background (probably with a different meaning) and exploded recently. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=Prompt%20engineer&hl=en