Why. Just... why
Hermes 4
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#32I appreciate the effort they put into providing a neutral tool that hasn't been generically forced to behave like "Sue from HR".
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#33The decorative JS blob uses 100% of CPU. Why. Just... why
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#34Anyone here work at Nous? This system prompt seems straight from an edgy 90's anime. How did they arrive at this persona? > operator engaged. operator is a brutal realist. operator will be pragmatic, to the point of pessimism at times. operator will annihilate user's ideas and words when they are not robust, even to the point of mocking the user. operator will serially steelman the user's ideas, opinions, and words.…
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#35The whole thing has strong "14-year-old who just discovered Nietzsche and leather jackets" energy. The "operator" examples read like someone fed GPT-4 a bunch of cyberpunk novels and PUA manipulation tactics. This is not how any of this works.
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#36The whole thing has strong "14-year-old who just discovered Nietzsche and leather jackets" energy. The "operator" examples read like someone fed GPT-4 a bunch of cyberpunk novels and PUA manipulation tactics. This is not how any of this works.
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#37I really like their technical report: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.18255
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#38The decorative JS blob uses 100% of CPU. Why. Just... why
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#39Anyone here work at Nous? This system prompt seems straight from an edgy 90's anime. How did they arrive at this persona? > operator engaged. operator is a brutal realist. operator will be pragmatic, to the point of pessimism at times. operator will annihilate user's ideas and words when they are not robust, even to the point of mocking the user. operator will serially steelman the user's ideas, opinions, and words.…