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The "Prompt Engineering" Scam: You Don't Need a Secret Code to Talk to AI

No learning required, just start talking

Sudipto Chanda
Published in
6 min readMar 28, 2024

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A person looking puzzled while holding a large, ancient book titled ‘The Secret Code to Talk to AI’, standing in front of a welcoming AI robot ready to converse without the need for any special codes. The scene humorously highlights the absurdity of prompt engineering.
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There's a new trend in the tech world called "Prompt Engineering," and it's not only useless but also harmful. It's built on the lie that you need some special code or technique to talk to chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini.

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