Why The Future Is Prompting

In a time when artificial intelligence is quickly gaining popularity, we find ourselves at the intersection of new technology and human creativity. With new AI-powered tools seeming coming out every week, there’s no shortage of options for people to pick from, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Synthesia, and Midjourney are just a notable few. AI is making an impact in every industry and every part of society, whether it's education, art, business, technology, and so on. As AI tools continue to improve and show just how useful they can be, a new set of skills are taking shape. Traditional questions like "Which tool did you use?" and "What method did you use?" are giving way to better ones like "Which model did you use?" and "What prompt did you use?". Learning prompting isn’t a matter of agreeing with the AI Revolution; see it as an investment towards your digital literacy. AI is here to stay, and as we learn to live in this brave new world, we'll need to be able to use it effectively. In essence, prompting is the art of getting AI models to do what you want them to do by finely tuning the inputs we give them. Think of when you can tweak your search term on Google to find the exact information you want, but for AI this tweaking is called "prompt engineering". Prompt engineering allows users to improve their input so that they can express their goals more clearly. This makes AI results that are more in line with what they expect. Prompting is going to become more and more important as we include generative AI in more and more parts of our lives. AI has brought us to a point where talking to a virtual assistant is no longer science fiction but a very real thing. We are on the verge of a new era in which talking to an AI chatbot will soon become as normal as talking to another person. As we move toward the future, knowing and being able to use prompts will be a key part of our digital literacy. People who put in the time and effort to learn this skill will be better able to use the huge power that AI and LLMs offer. We are on the verge of an AI-driven age with new possibilities. The rise of AI tools and their use in many areas means that we need to change the way we think about technology and how we collect information. Prompting is going to become an important skill, a bridge between what people want and what AI does. In the same way that a painting is made with carefully placed brushstrokes, being able to give generative AI models carefully worded instructions will determine how we get around in a world surrounded by AI.