[byronic]

You're 100% right. This kind of prompt just alters the dice probabilities within the word bag. The OP here is ridiculous (as in 'worthy of ridicule') by means of ascribing intent to sentences with a different rhetorical flavor _that was prompted by the person putting in a prompt_.

I am now fully of the opinion that LLM proponents should turn off their monitor to reveal the consciousness within the AI

[hnhn34]

I think you had a kneejerk reaction from taking GP's comment too literally. Happens to the best of us. They're saying the LLM is simulating an anxious human and needlessly burning tokens ($$$) as a result, not that the LLM literally has anxiety and needs digital Xanax.

[mrtesthah]

Claude, is that you?