This field is evolving so quickly that it’s hard to make recommendations. In the current regime (starting approximately last November), prompt engineering is a valuable skill that can multiply your effectiveness. (In my estimation, from my usage so far, perhaps by a factor of 7.) Learn how to talk to these things. Sign up for Bing and/or ChatGPT. There are a lot of tricks. This is at least as important as learning how to use a search engine.
But how long will the current regime last? Until ChatGPT-5? Six months? A year? Maybe these prompt engineering skills will then be obsolete. Maybe you’ll have a better chance of picking up the next skill if you learn the current one, but it’s hard to say.
And this is assuming the next regime, or the one after that doesn’t kill us. Once we hit the singularity, all career advice is moot. Either you’re dead, or we’re in a post-singularity society that’s impossible to predict now. Assuming we survive, we’ll probably be in a post-scarcity regime where “careers” are not a thing, but no-one really knows.
This field is evolving so quickly that it’s hard to make recommendations. In the current regime (starting approximately last November), prompt engineering is a valuable skill that can multiply your effectiveness. (In my estimation, from my usage so far, perhaps by a factor of 7.) Learn how to talk to these things. Sign up for Bing and/or ChatGPT. There are a lot of tricks. This is at least as important as learning how to use a search engine.
But how long will the current regime last? Until ChatGPT-5? Six months? A year? Maybe these prompt engineering skills will then be obsolete. Maybe you’ll have a better chance of picking up the next skill if you learn the current one, but it’s hard to say.
And this is assuming the next regime, or the one after that doesn’t kill us. Once we hit the singularity, all career advice is moot. Either you’re dead, or we’re in a post-singularity society that’s impossible to predict now. Assuming we survive, we’ll probably be in a post-scarcity regime where “careers” are not a thing, but no-one really knows.