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I wish bots would present as bots. There's no reason for the various LLM bots to have a human-like interface with a "personality" and it gives a misleading impression to users. They should all talk like the Star Trek computer imho.
Personally I think people should generally be polite and respectful towards the models. Not because they have feelings, but because cruelty degrades those who practice it.
ding ding ding. If you're rude to an LLM, those habits will bleed into your conversations with barista/etc.
Personally I think people should generally be polite and respectful towards the models. Not because they have feelings, but because cruelty degrades those who practice it.
I’m still going to talk to it like a person because if I don’t then I’ll slowly start to talk to people like they’re LLMs and it’s going to sound rude.
IMO If LLMs are made from our language, then terminology semantics plays strongly into the output, and degree of control.
Some people rage when the machine doesn't work as expected, but we know that, "computers are schizophrenic little children, and don't beat them when they're bad."[1] ... right? Similar applies to please.
I've had far better results by role playing group dynamics with stronger structure, like say, the military. Just naming the LLM up front as Lieutenant, or referencing in-brief a Full Metal Jacket-style dress-down with clear direction, have gotten me past many increasingly common hurdles with do-it-for-you models. Raging never works. You can't fire the machine. Being polite has been akin to giving a kid a cookie for breaking the cookie jar.
It is funny though, to see the Thinking phase say stuff like "The human is angry (in roleplay)..."
Personally I think people should generally be polite and respectful towards the models. Not because they have feelings, but because cruelty degrades those who practice it.
When I'm working through a problem with Cursor, I find platitudes go a long way to keeping it grounded. However, when it really refuses to do something then then best way to break the pattern is harsh, stern wording. For example, if it's written code that's mostly correct but needs some tweaking, a platitude will keep it second guessing everything it just wrote. * "That looks great so far, can you tweak XYZ" -> Keeps…
Personally I think people should generally be polite and respectful towards the models. Not because they have feelings, but because cruelty degrades those who practice it.