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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of Prompt Engineering

  • Defining prompt engineering and its importance
  • Common use cases and their impact on productivity
  • Understanding typical behaviors of large language models

Key Principles for Effective Prompting

  • Incorporating clarity, context, constraints, and examples
  • Managing output length, format, and tone
  • Identifying common mistakes and strategies to avoid them

Prompt Patterns and Templates

  • Using instruction-based prompts and role-playing techniques
  • Applying chain-of-thought and step-by-step reasoning methods
  • Utilizing few-shot examples and reusing established templates

Practical Prompting Exercises

  • Building prompts for text summarization and rewriting
  • Crafting prompts for classification and data extraction tasks
  • Real-time iteration: adjusting prompts based on generated results

Assessing and Refining Prompts

  • Applying metrics and heuristics to measure prompt quality
  • Validating prompts using tests and edge cases
  • Managing versions and documenting prompt modifications

Safety, Bias, and Responsible Usage

  • Identifying and addressing biased or harmful outputs
  • Implementing basic guardrails and content restrictions
  • Determining when human oversight is required

Conclusion, Resources, and Future Directions

  • Providing quick-reference templates and summary guides
  • Curating recommended reading materials and community resources
  • Offering suggestions for ongoing practice and learning pathways

Requirements

  • Experience using web-based AI chat platforms
  • A foundational grasp of natural language concepts
  • A willingness to engage in iterative problem-solving

Who This Is For

  • Novices looking to learn how to interact effectively with AI models
  • Product managers, content creators, and analysts investigating AI tools
  • Professionals responsible for generating or assessing AI-produced content

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