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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/the-fine-art-of-human-prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-a-person-like-chatgpt/ [arstechnica.com]

In a break from our normal practice, Ars is publishing this helpful guide to knowing how to prompt the "human brain," should you encounter one during your daily routine.

While AI assistants like ChatGPT [arstechnica.com] have taken the world by storm, a growing body of research shows that it's also possible to generate useful outputs from what might be called "human language models," or people. Much like large language models [arstechnica.com] (LLMs) in AI, HLMs have the ability to take information you provide and transform it into meaningful responses—if you know how to craft effective instructions, called "prompts."

Human prompt engineering is an ancient art form [wikipedia.org] dating at least back to Aristotle's time, and it also became widely popular [wikipedia.org] through books published in the modern era before the advent of computers.

Since interacting with humans can be difficult, we've put together a guide to a few key prompting techniques that will help you get the most out of conversations with human language models. But first, let's go over some of what HLMs can do.
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Humans are complex and unpredictable models, so even the most carefully crafted prompts can sometimes lead to surprising outputs. Be patient, iterative, and open to feedback from the person as you work to fine-tune your human prompting skills. With practice, you'll be able to generate the desired responses from people while also respecting personal boundaries.

People like this used to be called, con men and frauds [wikipedia.org], or charismatic leaders and politicians. Then again, is there a difference?

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