Prompt Engineering is Quickly Going Extinct (fastcompany.com)
(Friday May 09, 2025 @11:20AM (msmash)
from the eatings-its-own dept.)
- Reference: 0177400285
- News link: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0823210/prompt-engineering-is-quickly-going-extinct
- Source link: https://www.fastcompany.com/91327911/prompt-engineering-going-extinct
The specialized role of prompt engineering, not long ago heralded as a promising new career path in AI, has virtually disappeared just two years after its emergence. Many companies are now considering strong AI prompting [1]a standard skill rather than a dedicated position , Fast Company reports, with some firms even deploying AI systems to generate optimal prompts for other AI tools.
"AI is already eating its own," Malcolm Frank, CEO of TalentGenius, told the publication. "Prompt engineering has become something that's embedded in almost every role, and people know how to do it. It's turned from a job into a task very, very quickly." The prompt engineer's decline serves as a case study for the broader AI job market, where evidence suggests AI is primarily reshaping existing careers rather than creating entirely new ones.
Further reading : [2]'AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead.'
[1] https://www.fastcompany.com/91327911/prompt-engineering-going-extinct
[2] https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1511252/ai-prompt-engineering-is-dead
"AI is already eating its own," Malcolm Frank, CEO of TalentGenius, told the publication. "Prompt engineering has become something that's embedded in almost every role, and people know how to do it. It's turned from a job into a task very, very quickly." The prompt engineer's decline serves as a case study for the broader AI job market, where evidence suggests AI is primarily reshaping existing careers rather than creating entirely new ones.
Further reading : [2]'AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead.'
[1] https://www.fastcompany.com/91327911/prompt-engineering-going-extinct
[2] https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/07/1511252/ai-prompt-engineering-is-dead
Prompt engineering ?!? (Score:2)
by LordHighExecutioner ( 4245243 )
C:\ >
"AI is already eating its own" (Score:2)
by Mr. Dollar Ton ( 5495648 )
And that's most of the food it will get for a while.
Just common sense (Score:1)
by fabiomb ( 5315421 )
Prompt engineering it's just learn to express things by yourself, it means you need to write exactly what you want and any LLM will understand you. The catch? Many juniors can't write what they want, they doesn't care about reading or writing, so... in the short term oldies will keep their jobs. If you had a good education and are not an alienated introvert, you'll be an "expert" with AI, just because you understand a problem and can ask, full of details, what you really want.
Just an excuse to talk about ChatGPT one more time (Score:1)
by TheWho79 ( 10289219 )
Prompt Engineering was only a vehicle for bloggers to talk about ChatGPT.
"We used to buy catalogs of computer stuff." (Score:3)
Anybody remember when talking about computer technology was fun?
Re: "We used to buy catalogs of computer stuff." (Score:2)
Old enough to remember it has a name [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September