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by NitpickLawyer 276 days ago
I mean, sure, but you lose a ton of learned stuff from books and stuff. You can prompt it how you want, but what most people want are useful results (where useful can be anything from natural tone, fun, accurate, etc.) Unless you can show that this outperforms "regular" prompting, or "please/ty", at the end of the day it's just a prompt.
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I'm not claiming the purpose of this prompt is to get better information. Yes, it's just a prompt.

You're asserting quite a lot of bias when you say "What most people want are useful results." Maybe in our circles of software engineers or lawyers, but many people are using AI for companionship. Even if they're not seeking companionship, unless you have a very clear understanding of how LLMs work, it's very easy to get caught up thinking that the chatbot you're talking to is "thinking" or "feeling". I feel companies that offer chatbots should be more responsible with this as it can be very dangerous.