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Amit Sarkar
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Building the Foundation: Your Pathway to Mastery in Prompt Engineering.

Building the Foundation: Your Pathway to Mastery in Prompt Engineering

Greetings, courageous adventurer! You are about to embark on an intriguing journey through the domain of AI prompt engineering, poised to
learn, experiment, and innovate. This series serves as your compass, a powerful guide that will navigate you from novice to adept. Remember, each stride on this journey is a steppingstone towards mastering prompt engineering, a skill that you are absolutely capable of acquiring.

Though some of the initial codes are from my book on prompt engineering (revised edition will be released by the end of the month), the basic concepts of prompt engineering remain the same.
We will apply these principles while using Bedrock and the foundation models to develop real-life products. Follow along with me here and other places where I will share my own product development experience.

I am on a mission to build a tribe of AI product developers so that you rule the job market, not the other way around. A sure path to get a job fast if you follow along with me. I believe in you, and I am thrilled to walk alongside you on this exhilarating journey. Your fundamentals will be solid, your knowledge expansive, and your future as a prompt engineering expert bright. Here's to the journey ahead, and the mastery that awaits at the end!

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Here's a sneak peek at the treasures awaiting you in this journey!

1.Super-Basic Prompts: Just like a baby's first words, we will start with the simple, foundational aspects of AI prompts.
2.The Recipe for a Prompt: Discover the ingredients of a successful prompt and how they blend together.
3.Placing Instructions at the Forefront of the Prompt: Understand the importance of clear, upfront instructions for garnering desired responses.
4.Prompts Aimed at Extracting Specific Info: Unleash the power of targeted prompts for precision extraction of information.
5.Zero-Shot Prompting: Delve into the mysterious world of zero-shot prompting and understand its intricacies.
6.One-Shot Prompting: Take a step further into one-shot prompting, witnessing the power of example-driven interactions.
7.Few-Shot Prompting: Traverse the nuanced landscape of few-shot prompting, where multiple examples guide your AI.
8.Setting a Role for ChatGPT: Play director in your own AI movie, setting roles and dictating performances.
9.Encouraging Questions in a Prompt: Discover how to spark curiosity within the AI model, encouraging a more dynamic exchange.
10.Explicit Prompts: Master the art of directness, commanding your AI to provide the exact response you seek.
11.Ambiguous Scenarios: Learn to navigate the foggy waters of ambiguity, drawing clarity from the AI's understanding.
12.Emulating a Dialogue: Step into the theatre of conversation, learning to orchestrate engaging back-and-forth with your AI.
13.Setting Your Own Role in a Prompt: Put yourself into the script, enhancing the personalization and relevance of the AI's responses.
14.And now, for the grand finale - an impressive array of 40 practice assignments, carefully distributed with 5 at the conclusion of each topic. This deliberate arrangement ensures that you thoroughly comprehend and master each topic before progr
essing to the next. These exercises are purposefully designed to cement your burgeoning skills, setting you on the path to true proficiency in the art of prompt engineering.
Feel the buzz of anticipation yet? Let's forge ahead, for this journey is one of discovery, transformation, and immense learning. You're about to become an expert, and we can't wait to see the magic you will create. Onward, prompt engineer!

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