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Prompt Engineering
Ever feel like your AI interactions fall flat, missing the nuance and precision you need? Our Basic Prompt Engineering micro course tackles this head-on by teaching you how to craft prompts that draw out the AI’s full potential. No more vague or irrelevant responses – learn to guide AI to produce exactly what you envision, every time. With our expert training, you'll transform your approach to AI, making it a reliable and powerful partner in your creative and professional projects.
“It was well-balanced and well-paced. It never felt overwhelming. Once I figured out the dashboard/platform, it was easy to use. My queries were always answered. Very professional. “
Anthony Ehlers
Senior Copywriter at Investec
What you’ll learn
- Apply the foundational principles of prompt engineering, including the basic structure and components of effective prompts.
- Develop and refine various types of prompts, using best practices and patterns to achieve precise and relevant AI outputs.
- Use strategies such as zero-shot prompting, few-shot prompting, chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting, and prompt chaining to handle more complex AI interactions.
- Address ethical considerations in prompt engineering, focusing on responsible AI usage, bias mitigation, privacy, and data security.
This online course is perfect for:
- Anyone curious about harnessing the power of AI through effective prompt engineering
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Our courses are designed to accelerate opportunities and give a boost to your CV. Top businesses across industries recognise Red & Yellow graduates as having the practical skills and the theoretical background to hit the ground running with confidence and creative flair.
Course curriculum:
Introduction to Prompt Engineering
Kick off your learning journey by defining a personal project or objective. Try to achieve this with your current skills, setting a baseline. At the end of the course, you’ll revisit this project to see how much you’ve improved and how effectively you can now harness AI. In the first week of the course, you will gain a solid foundation in prompt engineering. We start by exploring what prompt engineering is and why it’s essential in leveraging AI effectively. You’ll dive into the basics, learning about the structure and components of prompts, and how randomness can influence AI output.
The week will cover large language models (LLMs) and introduce you to different types of prompts. You’ll develop an intuition behind creating effective prompts and learn best practices for prompt creation. By the end of the week, you’ll be familiar with prompt patterns and the core principles of crafting prompts that drive desired outcomes from AI.
Prompt Engineering Techniques
In the second week, you’ll move from foundational knowledge to more advanced prompt engineering techniques. This part of the course will equip you with strategies for handling complex prompts, including zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting. You’ll learn about prompt chaining to build more sophisticated interactions with AI. Ethical considerations in prompt engineering will be a significant focus, ensuring you understand how to mitigate bias, protect privacy, and uphold data security. Through practical ethical case studies, you’ll see these principles in action, preparing you to implement responsible and effective AI solutions in real-world scenarios.
At the end of the course, you’ll revisit your personal project from Week 1. Apply the advanced techniques you’ve learned to refine your approach and achieve your objective. Compare your final results with your initial attempt to see the significant improvements and enhanced outcomes driven by your new prompt engineering skills.
Meet your team:
This course was created by, and benefits from, our full-time lecturers’ years of experience in the field – both in lecturing and in industry. They know how to nurture talent and bring out the best in students, resulting in many award-wins over the years.
About Red & Yellow
Creative thinking is the most important skill. Artificial Intelligence and robots are going to replace some of the jobs we know today.
Red & Yellow is the business school where talented people go to develop the career skills they need to thrive in this digital world.
R&Y unlocks creative thinking to build brilliant careers and organisations using Commercial Logic and Creative Magic.
We are vision-led and values-driven and we are developing the next generation of changemakers, creators and innovators.
We believe creative thinking is the most important skill of the future and it must be supported by uniquely human abilities such as leadership, adaptability and social intelligence.
We are a Creative School of Business that provides you with the commercial logic to grow successful organisations and more importantly the creative magic to set them apart.
We are teaching the great creators, inventors, leaders and entrepreneurs for the 21st Century.
We will be the most creative business school in the world.
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