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Re: Hermes 4

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Post by ewoodrich »

nerdsniper wrote: post #65
jihadjihad wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s the significance? “Don’t think about elephants” kind of thing?

Generally, in a cognitive context it's only possible to "do thing" or "do other thing". Even for mammals, it's much harder to "don't/not do thing" (cognitively). One of my biggest advice for people is if there's some habit/repeated behavior they want to stop doing, it's generally not effective (for a lot of people) to tell yourself "don't do that anymore!" and much, much more effective to tell yourself what you shoul…

And yet, despite this being a frequently recommended pro tip these days, neither OpenAI nor Anthropic seem to shy away from using "do not" / "does not" in their system prompts. By my quick count, 20+ negative commands in Anthropic's (official) Opus system prompt and 15+ in OpenAI's (purported) GPT-5 system prompt. Of course there are a lot of positive directions as well but OpenAI in particular still seems to rely on a lot of ALL CAPS and *emphasis*.

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/system-prompts#a...

https://www.reddit.com/r/PromptEngineering/comments/1mknun8/...

Re: Hermes 4

#72

Post by HumanOstrich »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #38
lbrito wrote: post #31

The decorative JS blob uses 100% of CPU. Why. Just... why

I think it looks dope, and you might want to check why your browser isn't offloading to your GPU.

My browser is offloading to my GPU (RTX 3090 Ti) and using 3GB VRAM and sitting at 35% utilization to render that monstrosity.

Re: Hermes 4

#74

Post by ashikns »

HumanOstrich wrote: post #72
jazzyjackson wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it looks dope, and you might want to check why your browser isn't offloading to your GPU.

My browser is offloading to my GPU (RTX 3090 Ti) and using 3GB VRAM and sitting at 35% utilization to render that monstrosity.

I'm on a 3080 and it uses 1 gb vram and 22% util. Sure it's still not lightweight, but certainly not as bad as you seem to be experiencing.

Re: Hermes 4

#75

Post by HumanOstrich »

ashikns wrote: post #74
HumanOstrich wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My browser is offloading to my GPU (RTX 3090 Ti) and using 3GB VRAM and sitting at 35% utilization to render that monstrosity.

I'm on a 3080 and it uses 1 gb vram and 22% util. Sure it's still not lightweight, but certainly not as bad as you seem to be experiencing.

Perhaps it depends on other factors like screen resolution and scaling.

Re: Hermes 4

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Post by justlikereddit »

momojo wrote: post #5

Anyone 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.…

>edgy 90's anime

That's a good sell. Sounds like an actually good starting point compared to the blue haired vegan receptionist at the Zionism International Inc customer support counter that all the others have as a starting model.

I was about to pass on trying this but now I will give it a shot.

Re: Hermes 4

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Post by helloplanets »

momojo wrote: post #5

Anyone 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.…

Could you provide a link to that system prompt? Becuase I'm confused. I typed in "Are you smart?" and got this back:

> That’s a thoughtful question! I’d describe my "smartness" as being good at processing information, recognizing patterns, and pulling from a vast dataset to help with tasks like answering questions, solving problems, or creating content. However, I’m not "smart" in the human sense—I don’t have consciousness, emotions, or independent critical thinking. I rely entirely on my training data and algorithms.

> Think of me as a tool that can assist with creativity, analysis, or learning, but I lack the depth of human intuition, lived experience, or true understanding. If you’re curious, test me with a question or challenge — I’ll do my best! (smiley emoji)

Re: Hermes 4

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Post by asumaran »

HumanOstrich wrote: post #75
ashikns wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm on a 3080 and it uses 1 gb vram and 22% util. Sure it's still not lightweight, but certainly not as bad as you seem to be experiencing.

Perhaps it depends on other factors like screen resolution and scaling.

probably. I’ve got a 4K monitor with a 1050 Ti and the moment I open the site, GPU usage jumps from 1% to 99% and the fans go wild.

Re: Hermes 4

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Post by nine_k »

lbrito wrote: post #31

The decorative JS blob uses 100% of CPU. Why. Just... why

No idea. My modest Thinkpad T14 barely shows any CPU load, while displaying smooth animations and scrolling fast. (Firefox, Linux, x64.)
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