These are the same people who would pooh-pooh teaching Excel and basic coding skills to non-STEM majors or have CS students take ethics or GenEd classes.

AI/ML isn't going to completely shift the world, but understanding how to do basic prompt engineering, validate against hallucinations, and know what the difference between ChatGPT and GPT-4o is valuable for people who do not have a software background.

Gaining any kind of knowledge is a net win.

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hansmayer 9 hours ago | parent [-]

"basic prompt engineering" - Since when has writing English language sentences become nothing less than "engineering" ?

	▲	IncreasePosts 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's more about knowing the tricks to get llms to give you the output you want. However, there's no reason to think any trick would be relevant even in a year. As llms get better, why wouldn't we just have them auto rewrite prompts using appropriate prompt engineering tricks?