Assignments

1 Guidelines

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You have learned two prompting principles and their related tactics in order to write effective prompts for large language models.

You should be able to solve the following tasks:

  • What is prompt engineering?
  • Explain the 7 components of the chat completion helper function.
  • What are tokens?
  • Use the functions of OpenAI’s Python API to obtain results from the LLM.
  • Explain the tactics of the first and second prompting principles.
  • Explain the causes and mitigation strategies for LLM limitations (hallucinations)

2 Iterative prompt development

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You have iteratively analyzed and refined your prompts to generate marketing copy from a product fact sheet.

You should be able to solve the following tasks:

  • What is the core idea behind iterative prompt development?
  • Explain possible options to improve a prompt.
  • Given a specific prompt, provide the Python code to optimize the prompt.

3 Summarize text

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You have summarized text with a focus on specific topics.

You should be able to solve the following tasks:

  • Write Python code to summarize multiple product reviews with a focus on a specific topic.

4 Inferring

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You have inferred sentiment and topics from product reviews and news articles.

You should be able to solve the following tasks:

  • Write a prompt to identify the polarity of a given text
  • Identify types of emotions.
  • Find topics in a given text.

5 Transforming

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You have explored how to use Large Language Models for text transformation tasks such as language translation, spelling and grammar checking, tone adjustment, and format conversion.

You should be able to solve the following tasks:

  • Translate text.
  • Use tone transformations.
  • Perform format conversions.
  • Implement spellchecks & grammar checks.

6 Expanding

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You have generated customer service emails that are tailored to each customer’s review.

You should be able to solve the following task:

  • Write a prompt which will generate customer service emails that are tailored to each customer’s review.

6.1 Chatbot

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You have explored how you can utilize the chat format to have extended conversations with chatbots personalized or specialized for specific tasks or behaviors.

You should be able to solve the following tasks:

  • What are the different roles in the messages object?
  • Explain the concept of history in the context of chat.