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Master the human-AI partnership—and then teach students to do the same.
Learn how to collaborate with AI to enhance critical thinking, foster creativity, and achieve outcomes beyond what either humans or AI could accomplish alone—all so that you can teach students the skills needed to thrive in an AI-enhanced world.
The art and science of prompt engineering, so you can elicit high-quality outputs from AI
A curriculum guide for courses on AI and prompt engineering
A step-by-step playbook for integrating AI into the existing educational infrastructure
Cultivating the prerequisite skills and mindsets students need to partner with AI successfully
What's inside?

Introduction
About this book
How I learned about and use AI
How I used AI to write this book
Chapter 1: How We Got Here
A brief history of AI, part 1
Side notes: AGI, symbolic AI, and machine learning
A brief history of AI, part 2
Artificial intelligence is not a "thing"
Why the skeptics are right
Chapter 2: Understanding Large Language Models
What LLMs are trained to do
Model vs. Application
Some technical extras
Internet access can be bittersweet
Why LLMs are bad at math
Hallucinations (and why we should like them)
Chapter 3: Becoming Fluent in AI
Partnership
You're in charge
Two common pitfalls
Time is not money
Chapter 4: A Guide to Prompt Engineering
Fundamentals
Basic Prompting
Direct prompts
Conditional prompting
Context
Role-playing
Examples
The RICE framework
Advanced Prompting
Reiteration
Chain-of-Thought
Delimiters
In-Context prompting
Prompt chaining
AI-Assisted Prompting
Seeking clarification
Self-Rating
Flipped interaction
Meta-Prompting
Prompt like a chef
Chapter 5: Imagining a Class on Prompt Engineering
Learning Goals
Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions
Assessments
Learning Plan
Additional Project Ideas
Chapter 6: Seven Steps for Integrating AI into Education
First, recognize that AI requires a different approach
Second, learn by doing
Third, ask questions (but don't rush the answers)
Fourth, prioritize being good at your "job"
Fifth, identify expertise benchmarks
Sixth, create a structured and versatile framework
Seventh, engage in transparent communication
Conclusion: The Surprising Way to Rule the AI-Infused World
The future does not belong to the technologist

