Why Prompting is Hard

We are excited to be joined by J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira, a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley. He focuses on the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and artificial intelligence (AI). He joins us to share his work in his paper, Why Johnny can’t prompt: how non-AI experts try (and fail) to design LLM prompts.  The discussion also explores lessons learned and achievements related to BotDesigner, a tool for creating chat bots.

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J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira: "J.D. Zamfirescu-Pereira is pursuing his PhD at UC Berkeley, focusing on human interactions with emerging AI systems, including Large Language Models and generative Text-to-Image. He holds bachelor’s and master's degrees in Computer Science from MIT, and spent a decade and a half in the tech industry, working at Google, founding a YC-backed startup (later acquired), advising new startups on tech direction and strategy, and teaching programming and electronics at California College of the Arts. "