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Prompt Engineering for GenAI - Beginner-Level Course

The ability to design meaningful prompts is one of the core competencies for successful use of GenAI tools. This workshop is designed to introduce to the basics of prompt engineering.

What is this course about?

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This workshop is designed to introduce to the basics of prompt engineering for generative AI (GenAI). The ability to design meaningful prompts is one of the core competencies required to successfully use GenAI tools. By understanding how GenAI works, learning about basic prompt design pricniples, and exploring different prompting techniques, participants will gain foundational skills for using GenAI. By the end of the course, they will be comfortable using their prompting techniques to get the most out of GenAI across a variety of tools.

Intended Audiences & Prerequisites

This workshop is for: 

Prerequisites:

  • This course does not require any prerequisites.
  • Bringing your personal computing device with internet access will be helpful in the hand-on activities

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the role of prompts in GenAI

  • Know the key principles for designing GenAI prompts

  • Be familiar with a variety of prompting techniques

  • Apply a strategic approach to prompt engineering
    • to reduce vagueness & ambiguity
    • to address bias & hallucinations

Course Outline

Estimated workshop time: 80 mins

Presentation (35 minutes)

Hands-on activities (45 minutes)

Cited works & Further reading

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