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by layer8 30 days ago
I would prefer not having to get into a habit that might bleed into non-LLM interactions.
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It might improve the general state of "professional" software though. When done selectively and dosed just right that is.
If a coworker deleted your database you'd expect some 4 letter words.
Aimed at oneself, because who even has or grants production database deletion rights?
Can happen faster than you think if in the cloud.
If you’re talking to people the same way an LLM is spoken to then you’re already being rude.
I talk to LLMs the same way I talk to people.

The only difference is that I interrupt the LLM when I find a typo in my prompt. ;)

I kill the LLM and rebirth a new instance of it. Wouldn’t work out so well for human interactions.
how do you know how they prompt an LLM?
Personally, I don't say 'please' to vending machines and 'thankyou' to automatic doors :-P
I would prefer not having machines mimic human conversation patterns that can lead to such confusion.
But what if it works to also motivate things other than LLMs?!