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What prompted this and why does it not?

It's not the 19th Century. You don't need to punch holes in cards to help the machine "think" any more.

> You don't need to punch holes in cards to help the machine "think" any more.

That's literally what "prompt engineering" is, though.

"Transpose this MIDI file down a third" requires neither a specialized data format nor fancy prompt engineering. ChatGPT asked: "A) Major third up (+4 semitones) or B) Minor third up (+3 semitones)" then did it.

I still don't understand how this or the top level comment are related to the post.

I also don't get how you can claim we don't have to 'punch holes in cards to help the machine "think"', and also mention a MIDI file in your next comment. MIDI is much closer to punch cards than the proposed file format in the post.

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