Summary of Autonomous Prompt Engineering in Large Language Models, by Daan Kepel et al.
Autonomous Prompt Engineering in Large Language Models
by Daan Kepel, Konstantina Valogianni
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research introduces the Automatic Prompt Engineering Toolbox (APET), which enables GPT-4 to autonomously apply prompt engineering techniques, leveraging strategies like Expert Prompting, Chain of Thought, and Tree of Thoughts. APET empowers GPT-4 to dynamically optimize prompts, resulting in improvements in tasks like Word Sorting (+4.4%) and Geometric Shapes (+6.8%). While encountering challenges in complex tasks (-14.8%), these findings demonstrate the potential of APET in automating prompt optimization processes without external data. The research presents a framework for future innovations in autonomous AI systems and highlights GPT-4’s ability to bring prompt engineering theory to practice, enhancing performance in complex task performance and broadening practical applications. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This study shows how computers can get better at understanding language by using special tools that help them understand what they’re being asked. This is important because it lets computers do things like sort words or recognize shapes more accurately. The researchers made a new tool called APET that helps a computer called GPT-4 work better. They tested the tool on different tasks and found that it improved how well GPT-4 could understand language. This is an important step forward for artificial intelligence, as it lets computers do things on their own without needing extra help from humans. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Gpt » Optimization » Prompt » Prompting
