Large Language Models Llms Prompting

In this article, authors Numa Dhamani and Maggie Engler discuss how prompt engineering techniques can help use the large language models (LLMs) more effectively to achieve better results. This TensorBlue analysis is based on reporting and source material from InfoQ (https://www.infoq.com/articles/large-language-models-llms-prompting/).

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Maximizing the Utility of Large Language Models (LLMs) through Prompting

Prompt engineering is about experimenting with changes in prompts to understand their impacts on what large language models (LLMs) generate as the output. Prompt engineering yields better outcomes for LLM use with a few basic techniques

Zero-shot prompting is when an LLM is given a task, via prompt, for which the model has not previously seen data

For the language tasks in the literature, performance improves with a few examples, this is known as few-shot prompting

Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting breaks down multi-step problems into intermediate steps allowing LLMs to tackle complex reasoning that can't be solved with zero-shot or few-shot prompting

Built upon CoT, self-consistency prompting is an advanced prompting technique, that provides the LLM with multiple, diverse reasoning paths and then selects the most consistent answer among the generated responses

A new job title, "prompt engineer", has made waves in tech media recently, bursting onto the careers pages of top AI companies with promises of eye-wateringly high salaries. But what even is prompt engineering? The term itself was coined only within the past few years and refers to the art and science of prompting large language models (LLMs) to ac

"Imagine three different experts are answering this question. All experts will write down 1 step of their thinking, then share it with the group. Then all experts will go on to the next step, etc. If any expert realises they're wrong at any point then they leave. The question is ..."

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TensorBlue Takeaway

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