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by ToValueFunfetti 952 days ago
But the AI doesn't refuse to work unless you're polite. If my manager is polite with me, I'll have more morale and work a little harder. I'll also be more inclined to look out for my manager's interests- "You've asked me to do X, but really what you want is Y" vs. "Fine, you told me to do X, I'll do X". I don't think my manager is submitting to me when they're polite and get better results; I'm still the one who does things when I'm told.
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This thread reminds me of [0]

I wonder if there is a way to get ChatGPT to act in the way you're hinting at, though ("You've asked me to do X, but really what you want is Y"). This would be potentially risky, but high-value.

[0]: https://nitter.net/ESYudkowsky/status/1718654143110512741

The very start of this threat is that not expressing gratitude makes the model refuse to work.
It doesn't refuse to work. It behaves differently and yields better results with politeness. Coming from a large language model, the occurence of this phenomena is intriguing for some of us.