🔝 "How to Become a Prompt Engineer": A Free Course by Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng

The rapid development of large language models (LLMs) creates new professions, offering some comfort to those who believe that AI will replace us all. One of these professions is "prompt engineer"—a specialist who can control LLMs to generate the desired results.

To train prompt engineers, DeepLearning and OpenAI have launched a free course titled "Prompt Engineering for Developers." The 15-minute lectures are led by Andrew Ng and Isa Fulford (a leading AI expert from OpenAI and Turing Award winner).

🥸 Who is Andrew Ng?

Andrew Ng is a renowned American computer scientist, an adjunct professor at Stanford University, and a co-founder of Coursera. He creates AI-focused programs on the DeepLearning.AI platform.

🔗 What will you learn in the prompt engineering course?

→ How to use LLMs to build new applications quickly.
→ How to solve practical tasks, such as summarizing, customer reviews, or editing text.
→ Principles for writing effective prompts.
→ How to create a custom chatbot.

📎 Who is this course for?

The course creators are targeting beginners; participants need basic Python knowledge.

📌 Our impression

→ It’s suitable for those with basic knowledge about LLMs and their applications. Anything unclear can be easily Googled, but additional reading might be needed for a deeper understanding of some topics.

→ You can "play around" with the code in a virtual Jupyter Notebook environment, guaranteeing hands-on experience.

→ While you won't become a prompt engineering expert after this course, it's an excellent introduction to the profession and a great free choice.

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