The new conjurers—AI whisperers:

Users of foundation models can also tap an emerging industry of professional prompters, who craft directions so as to optimise the models’ output. PromptBase is a marketplace where users can buy and sell prompts that produce particularly spiffy results from the large image-based generative models, such as DALLE-2 and Midjourney. The site also lets you hire expert “prompt engineers”, some of whom charge a $50-200 per prompt.

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“得了新冠肺炎，应该第一时间吃中药。”在武汉社区一线，中国工程院院士、国家中医药管理局应对新冠肺炎疫情专家组共同组长仝小林关切而自信地对病人说。

17年前，中医药就在抗击非典中发挥了重要作用，让世界认识到了中医药的作用与力量。在此次抗击新冠肺炎疫情中，中医防治疫情则“从参与者变成了主力军”，中国工程院院士、国家卫生部疾控组顾问、新冠肺炎疫情联防联控工作机制科研攻关专家组专家张伯礼说。

——人民日报海外版 2020年3月4日