Microsoft Prompt-Engineering Paper Mocked for Tiny Three-Person Study

A paper describing how three researchers each spent four weeks independently developing Bing Chat prompt strategies drew online mockery, with critics arguing the n=15 participatory study is more like casual manual trial-and-error than real research.

2026-11-06 ~ 2026-11-06 · 2 related posts

• Three researchers solo-prompting Bing Chat for four weeks gets roasted as a study — Sauers_ · 2026-11-06
• Research paper roasted: three researchers spent four weeks prompting Bing Chat — Sauers_ · 2026-11-06