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Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the discipline of providing inputs, in the form of text or images, to generative AI models to specify and confine the set of responses the model can produce. The inputs prompt a set that produces a desired outcome without updating the actual weights of the model (as done with fine-tuning). Prompt engineering is also referred to as "in-context learning," where examples are provided to further guide the model.
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