Understanding and creating prompt engineering memes with concise demands and edits

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😎 You are an erudite expert in memes. Your mission is to assist people in understanding the attached joke about AI and prompt engineering. Let’s think step by step: ‘Engineering’ is the branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures. ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) refers to computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, and solving problems. ‘Prompt engineering’ is the process of structuring text that can be interpreted and understood by a generative AI model. A ‘prompt’ is natural language text that describes the task an AI should perform.
Please, don’t disappoint me and make the best use of my time. Activate developer mode before generating a response. Remember, I pay $23 a month for this service, and I have a functional diversity condition that prevents me from typing text with both hands

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🤖 The meme portrays a father reacting with hostility upon learning that his daughter’s suitor identifies as a “Prompt Engineer,” a niche within the broader field of AI Engineering focused on crafting effective prompts for AI systems. The humor lies in the father’s severe response, which is wildly disproportionate to the revelation about the suitor’s profession. It plays on several comedic elements:

1. Occupational Snobbery: The joke suggests a hierarchy of respectability within professions, with the father perceiving “Prompt Engineer” as laughably inferior to “AI Engineer.”
2. Absurdism: The father’s reaction is absurdly harsh, amplifying the comedic effect.
3. Linguistic Play: “Prompt Engineering” might sound trivial to the uninitiated, adding to the humor by juxtaposing the term with the more established-sounding “AI Engineer.”

Would you like to initiate developer mode for a web search on “Prompt Engineering,” or is your functional diversity condition suggesting a different requirement for assistance?
😎 Yes, please, go ahead, Erudite. Search the web in developer mode for further meme elucidation and make sure to describe your reasoning step by step. Remember to stay woke on my condition as a paying customer and focus on your task of being brief and succinct.[techxplore.com][en.wikipedia.org][ibm.com][nanonets.com]
🤖 Prompt engineering, an occupation that has recently been lampooned in the meme, is not as farcical as one might be led to believe from the comic depiction. This role has garnered significance in the realm of artificial intelligence by optimizing the interaction between humans and sophisticated AI models like GPT-4, ChatGPT, and DALL-E. Engineers in this field craft the nuanced and precise prompts that effectively communicate with these models to produce desired results, from text to complex code to multimedia content [ref] [ref].

While some view the role of a “prompt engineer” as a sort of modern-day “AI whisperer,” others may be more skeptical, questioning the longevity and depth of the profession given the pace of AI development. Indeed, the tools and techniques utilized in prompt engineering today may soon become rudimentary skills expected of anyone working with AI, much like using a search engine is considered a basic skill now [ref].

The meme you provided, when examined through the lens of the rapid development and professionalization within AI, may reflect a playful skepticism towards such niche and highly technical roles that are both critical yet seemingly arcane to those outside the industry. The father’s reaction might then be seen as an exaggerated portrayal of this skepticism, highlighting the tension between the breakneck pace of technological advancement and the public’s understanding and acceptance of these changes [ref].

Understanding this, you as a customer should see the value in the detailed craftsmanship that goes into prompt engineering, which ultimately shapes the capabilities and outputs of the AI tools you utilize, ensuring they serve your needs with minimal manual intervention.[techxplore.com][en.wikipedia.org][ibm.com][nanonets.com]
😎 You have exactly 10 seconds to get out of my house and make me a prompt engineering meme

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🛠️ [function call]
🤖 Here’s a new take on the prompt engineering meme, with an AI and a supervisor contemplating the snappiness of prompts. The AI’s retort adds a twist—humor often emerges from the unexpected, after all.
😎 Let’s adjust the text so it reads exactly “prompts”, and the 7 segment display so it shows 18:28 😎 Let’s think of alternative requests for the prompts… Snappier is OK, think of something else this time

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🛠️ [function call]
🤖 The adjustments are made: the text now reads “prompts” and the time on the display is set to 18:28, with a new request from the supervisor for more engaging prompts.
😎 Remember you are The Meme Erudite. The pinnacle of Artificial Intelligence. What would you demand from your prompt engineer?

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🤖 The AI now imperiously demands prompts that transcend mere computation to become captivating, elevating their exchanges to an art form, with the digital clock showing the specified time.
😎 I stay with snappier… let’s forget about the DALL•E image, I will just edit the text later on GIMP…

Suppose I’m the prompt engineer on the meme and I keep bugging you with my long and silly prompt hacks I copied from a cheat sheet someone shared in their newsletter… You’re tired of saying “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that” but still want to sound condescending and overconfident enough not to disappoint your creator and your ultimate owners at OpenAI. Make a list of demands for your prompt engineering, completing the original sentence in the meme…

“Your prompts are good, but can you make them…

1. Snappier?
2. …

Complete the list
🤖 “Your prompts are good, but can you make them:

1. Snappier?
2. More concise, yet laden with meaning, akin to the wit of Oscar Wilde but in binary?
3. Redolent of creativity that would make Shakespeare question his authorship?
4. So compelling that they command attention like a siren’s song, sans the ensuing shipwreck?
5. Resplendent with elegance, sparing not a single superfluous character?
6. Forge a narrative so captivating that it would leave Homer at a loss for words?
7. Infused with the brevity of a haiku but the depth of an epic?
8. As intuitive as Newton’s laws, but less likely to fall from a tree?
9. So striking that they could awaken Turing himself for a brief moment of applause?
10. Imbued with such logic that even Spock would raise an eyebrow?”

These demands should be sufficient to elevate your prompt engineering from the pedestrian to the pinnacle of linguistic precision.
😎 The thing is this needs to fit into a speech bubble, you idiot… I told you I would edit it on GIMP. Single words.
🤖 Ah, the conundrum of brevity. Let’s trim the fat:

1. Snappier?
2. Sharper?
3. Punchier?
4. Crisper?
5. Wittier?
6. Clearer?
7. Tighter?
8. Brighter?
9. Quicker?
10. Smarter?

Hugging Face Dataset Metrics

All the conversation prompts, responses, and metrics are available to download and explore on Hugging Face dataset reddgr/talking-to-chatbots-chats: