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This correlates with anecdata I've seen claiming that being polite with LLMs (using "please", "thank you", etc.) also improves performance. All in all, I like
by akoboldfrying 3y ago
This correlates with anecdata I've seen claiming that being polite with LLMs (using "please", "thank you", etc.) also improves performance.
All in all, I like this. Both for what it implies about humans interacting with other humans, and for shaping norms about how best to to interact with other entities that show signs of intelligence.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoDoes it extend to arbitrary entities of intelligence, though, or only those whose cognitive bases are derived from human output?
- akoboldfrying 3y agoSo far, just those entities similar to humans. But (1) the set of other people regarded by society as belonging to "the ingroup" (i.e., valued, treated with respect) has steadily broadened over the centuries, at least in the West, and I'd expect that to continue, eventually embracing quite alien notions of intelligence; (2) I personally think intelligence is not the best measure of what deserves respect in any case -- rather, it's the combination of capacity to suffer and willingness to limit one's own actions to reduce the suffering of others.
- sznio 3y agoI really dislike it. It's a tool. It should execute instructions, not demand pleasantries.
- zigman1 3y agoA slave in the Roman empire/United States/Nazi concentration camps etc etc were also perceived as a tool. Do they deserve pleasantries? (no implication about morality of slavery but I intentionally selected examples where enslaved people were dehumanized)