Prompt engineering: the fleeting profession created by AI, then swallowed by it
SuB8u · x · 2026-11-11
A pointed industry observation: prompt engineering became one of those fleeting professions created by AI, for AI, and ultimately swallowed up by AI, as stronger models eroded the value of hand-tuned prompts.
The take echoes a widely observed trend: as models grew more robust to natural language, demand for dedicated prompt-tuning roles declined sharply.
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