Once receiving billions of dong in salary, the hottest AI job in 2023 is now 'extinct'

Prompt engineer was the hottest job in the early days of generative AI. Photo: manatal

Prompt engineers — tasked with crafting the perfect questions for AI chatbots — were once one of the most glamorous AI jobs, but now they're gone.

Two years ago, a prompt engineer could earn up to $200,000. However, this job has basically disappeared thanks to the rapid development of AI and businesses themselves trying to master the technology.

The job of prompt engineers is to create the perfect input or prompt so that large language models can provide the best response. But today, AI models are getting better at understanding user intent, and they can ask additional questions if they don’t understand what the user wants.

In addition, companies also train department staff how to set prompts and use AI models, so there is no need for a dedicated staff.

Two years ago, everyone thought prompt engineers would be hot, but they weren't, says Jared Spataro, Director of Workplace AI Marketing at Microsoft.

The only person who defeated AI became a teacher Lee Se Dol, the only person who defeated AI in the game of Go, began teaching talented students as a special professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea).

Microsoft recently surveyed 31,000 employees in 31 countries about the new positions their company is considering hiring for in the next 12-18 months. Prompt engineers ranked second from the bottom, while positions like AI trainer, AI data scientist, and AI security specialist topped the list.

Spataro says that larger language models are better at recognizing context. For example, Microsoft’s AI research assistant will ask additional questions and alert itself if it doesn’t understand, and even ask for feedback on its answers. In other words, users don’t need perfect prompts.

On the Indeed job board, job postings for prompt engineers have dropped sharply. From January 2023 to April 2023, a few months after ChatGPT launched, searches for prompt engineers increased from 2 per million to 144 per million. Now, they are down to 20 to 30 per million.

As budgets tighten and the economy becomes more uncertain, companies are becoming more cautious about hiring new employees. Some have never hired prompt engineers, but see the need for AI training for employees as more important. Internal prompt training courses are also becoming more common. Asking questions of AI could become a skill, rather than a separate position.

(According to WSJ)

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/viec-lam-ai-hot-nhat-nam-2023-nay-da-tuyet-chung-2395799.html