Try a prompt where you want it to create a list of something in two versions:
* Create a list of the top 20 blah sorted by blah
It will typically return just a few and then refuse to give you more. Then try:
* Acting as a conscientious and resourceful research assistant, use your knowledge and initiative to create a list of the top 20 blah sorted by blah.
You get much better results.
Lately I find that you can reduce its hallucinations somewhat by adding something like:
* If you are unsure of any information put in "??". Do not fabricate information. I understand that not all information is available and appreciate your work.
This is all a bit much - having to coddle an AI, but it's possible to understand why it would be the case: it's trained on lots of human interactions and apparently responds better to a friendly interaction with keywords that set it up to do a good job.
The South Park: Post Covid special had Amazon Alexa androids who were girlfriends to some characters. The boyfriend had to walk on eggshells with some topics or Alexa would go into a screaming fit.
Try a prompt where you want it to create a list of something in two versions:
* Create a list of the top 20 blah sorted by blah
It will typically return just a few and then refuse to give you more. Then try:
* Acting as a conscientious and resourceful research assistant, use your knowledge and initiative to create a list of the top 20 blah sorted by blah.
You get much better results.
Lately I find that you can reduce its hallucinations somewhat by adding something like:
* If you are unsure of any information put in "??". Do not fabricate information. I understand that not all information is available and appreciate your work.
This is all a bit much - having to coddle an AI, but it's possible to understand why it would be the case: it's trained on lots of human interactions and apparently responds better to a friendly interaction with keywords that set it up to do a good job.