Write effective prompts to get the output you want. Learn how to incorporate prompting techniques, such as few-shot prompting, into your work. Understand how generative AI tools produce output and the importance of evaluating output before using it. By the end of this course, you will be able to write clear and specific prompts and produce outputs that help accomplish workplace tasks.
Discover the Art of Prompting
Discover the Art of Prompting
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Create prompts that provide clear and specific instructions for a variety of use cases
Describe the role of writing effective prompts in producing LLM output
Analyze the output of an LLM model and refine prompts as needed
Apply specific prompting techniques, including few-shot prompting
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Write effective prompts to get the output you want. Learn how to incorporate prompting techniques, such as few-shot prompting, into your work. Understand how generative AI tools produce output and the importance of evaluating output before using it. By the end of this module, you will be able to write clear and specific prompts and produce outputs that help accomplish workplace tasks.
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I recently completed Discover the Art of Prompting by Google on Coursera, and it’s a fantastic course for anyone looking to master AI prompt engineering.
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An AI course generally delves into the foundational concepts, algorithms, and applications of artificial intelligence.
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It is nice course, with complete in-depth details, videos, reading materials and assignment to help us understand the material. It really helped me alot
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