A new job market is mushrooming. If you can’t code, but write prose, it is up for grabs.
If you can converse with a chatbot, then there is a chance that you can get hired as a ‘prompt engineer.’
A report from Bloomberg states that the rise of AI tools has led to the creation of a new role called ‘prompt engineer.’ And this role has the potential to pay as high as $335,000, which amounts to almost Rs 2.75 crore annually.
But what exactly is a prompt engineer?
A prompt is a set of input text or instructions to AI models like ChatGPT.
Prompt engineers, also known as ‘AI whisperers’, are experts who will keep asking the right set of questions to AI models to produce improved results or outcomes.
For instance, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is hiring hundreds of contractors from different parts of the globe to help ChatGPT get better at coding, according to a report from Semafor.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, in a February tweet shared the need for prompt engineers. “Writing a really great prompt for a chatbot persona is an amazingly high-leverage skill,” he wrote.
writing a really great prompt for a chatbot persona is an amazingly high-leverage skill and an early example of programming in a little bit of natural language
— Sam Altman (@sama) February 20, 2023
AI safety and research company Anthropic recently listed a job for a prompt engineer and prompt librarian. The base salary for the role was between $250,000 to $335,000.
“While it’s true that prompt engineering is a new and exciting field, I believe that the current salaries are more a byproduct of hype than an accurate market assessment. As AI tools continue to advance, we’ll need more people who can help us interact with these tools in meaningful ways. However, as with any new field, there are still some kinks to work out,” wrote Tom Hewitson – Founder – labworks.io.
Apart from Big Tech companies, Mishcon de Reya, a London-based law firm is exploring the use of large language models (LLMs) for legal problem-solving. They are looking at recruiting prompt engineers that can help the firm understand how AI can be applied to legal matters and generate accurate solutions.
Boston Children’s Hospital has also released openings for prompt engineer roles to help process and analyse vast amounts of data for better healthcare outcomes and research.
