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by eGQjxkKF6fif 393 days ago
It'd run in to all sorts of issues. Although AI companies losing money on user kindness is not our problem; it's theirs. The more they want to make these 'AIs' personable the more they'll get of it.

I'm tired of the AIs saying 'SO sorry! I apologize, let me refactor that for you the proper way' -- no, you're not sorry. You aren't alive.
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ebertucc 393 days ago
The obsequious default tone is annoying, but you can always prepend your requests with something like "You are a machine. You do not have emotions. You respond to exactly my questions, no fluff, just answers. Do not pretend to be a human."
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danielbln 393 days ago
I would also add "Be critical."
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jjallen 393 days ago
Like what issues?
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eGQjxkKF6fif 392 days ago
Prompts such as 'the importance of please and thank you' 'How did this civilization please their populus with such and such' I'm sure with enough engineering it can be fixed, but there's always use cases where something like that would be like 'Damn, now we have to add an exeption for..' then another exception, then another.
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