A compost-drop weekend tester asks the model to propose a better pr…

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A compost-drop weekend tester asks the model to propose a better prompt. Another tester adds two sample defect-report rows to the ask. How do these techniques differ?

Accepted Answer

Asking the model to propose a better prompt is meta prompting; adding two sample defect-report rows is few-shot — Prompt-about-a-prompt is meta. Two sample defect rows teaching the desired testware shape is few-shot. Better replies alone do not make two techniques the same.

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Both are few-shot because each improves the model’s reply quality

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Asking for a better prompt is chaining; adding sample rows is meta prompting

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Adding sample rows is zero-shot; asking for a better prompt is one-shot

A compost-drop weekend tester asks the model to propose a better prompt. Another tester adds two sample defect-report rows to the ask. How do these techniques differ?

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