Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative AI
1. What you learned and how it relates to your major (e.g., describe what you learned from this learning module).
In Ronnie Sheer’s Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative AI, I learned that prompt engineering is the skill of writing clear instructions for AI so it gives you the kind of answers you need. The course explained how large language models work, why being specific matters, and the difference between giving no examples (zero-shot) and giving a few examples (few-shot) to guide the AI. I also saw how prompts can be used for both text and images, and how refining or adjusting wording can improve the results.
It is a skill to know how to write better prompts that can help at work because it saves time and makes the AI more useful. In my role in case I’m troubleshooting, I can tell the AI to “explain the steps as if I’m new to this system” or “list pros and cons in a table.” By being clear and specific in your prompts, I will get more accurate and helpful results.