Post #818333
2026-03-27 19:03 UTC
while there are many things about AI/LLM stuff that bother me, Phillip Moore eloquently elaborates on my particular irritation with the term "prompt engineering"—there's nothing *engineering* about it:
https://the-infrastructure-mindset.ghost.io/prompt-engineering-is-not/
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@feld@friedcheese.us 2026-03-27 19:05
@gumnos it's engineering in the same way that "social engineering" is engineering. and that's kinda what this is. you're coercing it into following your rules.
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@kabel42@polymaths.social 2026-03-27 19:09
@gumnos is it engineering as in overengineering?