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Course 1: Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Unlock the full potential of ChatGPT and other large language models to revolutionize your personal and professional life. In just one hour, you can use these AI tools to tutor your child in math, generate meal plans, write software applications, and even boost your personal cybersecurity. But to harness their true power, you need to know how to use them effectively.

This course will transform you into an expert user of generative AI tools, revealing the secrets of tapping into their emergent intelligence and reasoning. You’ll discover how to write effective prompts that unlock their full potential, making you exponentially more productive and creative.

The key to unlocking these AI tools lies in crafting effective prompts, but most users lack this crucial skill. By mastering prompt engineering, you’ll be able to solve complex problems in any domain, from writing and summarization to game play, planning, simulation, and programming.

No prior experience is needed, just basic computer skills. Through this course, you’ll progress from basic to sophisticated prompts, gaining the skills to use large language models for a wide range of tasks in your job, business, personal life, and education. By the end of the course, you’ll be a prompt engineering expert, capable of harnessing the full power of generative AI to transform your life and work.


Module 1Course Introduction
Module 2Introduction to Prompts
Module 3Prompt Patterns I
Module 4Few-Shot Examples
Module 5Prompt Patterns II
Module 6Prompt Patterns III

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