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You Lost Your Job? Try AI Prompt Engineering!
You lost your job recently? Why not try becoming an AI prompt engineer? Google, Amazon, Duolingo, and many others are handing out pink slips. Guess who’s getting the blame? Good old AI. But while AI giveth and AI taketh away, it’s also creating some funky new jobs, like being a ‘prompt engineer.’
What in the World is a Prompt Engineer?
Imagine being the puppet master of AI, crafting clever prompts (orders) to make these digital geniuses spit out whatever you want — from artsy pictures to snazzy HTML codes. To be a prompt engineer, you need to speak the AI’s language. And no, I don’t mean binary code. I’m talking about good ol’ natural language. You need to be the Shakespeare of AI commands, so your “To be or not to be” doesn’t end up as “To reboot or not to reboot.”
Who is Hiring These Modern-Day Wizards, AKA “Prompt Engineers”?
Everyone, from ad agencies, needing a dancing teddy bear for a diaper ad (no kidding) to your local fast-food chain that probably wants to automate your burger order.
But let’s get real — not everyone is cut out to be an AI whisperer. You might want to stick to your spreadsheets if you’re more of a numbers person. However, this could be your golden ticket for the creatives…