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AI prompt engineer argues 'harness engineering' is real engineering

The author argues that "harness engineering," the practice of effectively prompting and interacting with large language models, is a legitimate form of engineering. They contend that this role requires significant skill in understanding model behavior, iterating on prompts, and achieving desired outputs, which goes beyond simple word typing. This perspective challenges the notion that prompt engineering lacks the rigor of traditional engineering disciplines. AI

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IMPACT Argues for the legitimacy of prompt engineering as a skilled discipline within the AI field.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the validity of 'harness engineering' or prompt engineering.

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AI prompt engineer argues 'harness engineering' is real engineering

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 · Ian Johnson ·

    I keep getting the same pushback: "harness engineering isn't real engineering; you're just typing words at a model." I disagree, and I finally wrote down why.

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