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assistant professor at @ucberkeley
Jul 22, 2024 15 tweets 6 min read
🚨 A new working paper that tackles the big question: "Will prompt engineering still matter in the future?" 🤔



This is joint work w/ @eamanjahani, @BenSManning, @joe_z_zhang, @ocolluphid, @malsobay, @CNicolaides and @ssuri.

More details below 👇 1/ bit.ly/3YdExbt


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There's tons of buzz about the importance of prompting genAI models well - @theindicator by @planetmoney just had an episode about prompt engineers!



At the same time, folks such as @emollick say prompting will soon be less important. So who's correct? 2/npr.org/2024/07/05/119…
Dec 21, 2023 10 tweets 5 min read
🚨 Announcing a new working paper measuring the causal impact of generative AI on business performance in emerging markets!



This is joint work w/ @nickgotis (who led the project) @RowanPClarke @solenedelecourt + @orgRem.

More on our results below 👇 1/ osf.io/preprints/osf/…

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We ran a 5-month long RCT in Kenya with 640 Kenyan entrepreneurs, over 4,000 measures of firm performance, and thousands of interactions w/ a generative AI mentor that we built using GPT-4. Participants interacted w/ the mentor through WhatsApp. Example interaction shown here. 2/
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