AI is code – and can't be prompted into being smarter
English summary
An opinion piece on The Register states that AI is simply code and prompting cannot make it smarter. The article argues that after training, a model's intelligence is fixed, and prompt engineering only re-formats inputs without altering the underlying code. The view challenges the notion that better prompts can significantly improve a model's reasoning capacity.
Chinese summary
The Register 上的一篇观点文章指出，AI 只是代码，无法通过提示变得更聪明。文章认为，训练完成后模型的智能是固定的，提示工程仅重新格式化输入，不会改变底层代码。这一观点挑战了更好的提示能显著提升模型推理能力的看法。
Key points
The article claims AI systems are just codebases that do not increase intelligence through prompting.
文章声称 AI 系统只是代码库，不会因提示而提升智能。
Prompt engineering, while useful for eliciting capabilities, cannot enhance the fundamental reasoning power of a model.
提示工程虽然有助于激发已有能力，但无法增强模型的基础推理能力。