Write effective prompts to get the output you want. Learn how to incorporate prompting techniques, such as few-shot prompting, into your work. Understand how generative AI tools produce output and the importance of evaluating output. By the end of this course, you will be able to write clear and specific prompts and produce outputs that help accomplish workplace tasks.
Discover the Art of Prompting
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Create prompts that provide clear and specific instructions for a variety of use cases
Describe the role of writing effective prompts in producing generative AI output
Apply specific prompting techniques, including few-shot prompting
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Interesting Exercises, one with a coach is good. Online courses with goady coaches are a good idea Higher the goad and the earlier the learning better the grade.
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