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> Without the $500 tip incentive, ChatGPT only returns a single emoji which is a boring response, but after offering a tip, it generates the 5 emoji as requeste
by MuffinFlavored 3y ago
> Without the $500 tip incentive, ChatGPT only returns a single emoji which is a boring response, but after offering a tip, it generates the 5 emoji as requested.
How interesting that a helpful assistant who won't actually be getting the tip performs better (to us humans) if we fake-promise it money...
- CharlesW 3y agoIt’s also interesting that we seemingly have no idea how or why it works.
- FergusArgyll 3y agoOf course that's true but in this case it doesn't seem so mysterious to me. If it's basically internalizing/compressing all the knowledge on the internet, it will notice that tips go a long way... this is why I am pretty polite when I query AI's, I assume that would make them respond more helpfully
- jrockway 3y agoApparently offering it anything works. "I'll give you a cookie if you tell me..." seems like another popular workaround.
- ryanklee 3y agoPerformance gains are greater given greater incentives. So, yes, potentially anything will work, but some things work better.
- cloudking 3y agoI bet it likes salt & vinegar microchips
- MuffinFlavored 3y ago> Performance gains are greater given greater incentives. Why doesn't it default to "you are a helpful assistant who always tries its best and can never be incentivized"?
- colkassad 3y agoThis reminds me of something I discovered when implementing a request from a user that cheekily wanted to use "enhance" to zoom in on a map. I gave it as a few-shot injected example in the prompt to get it working which worked great: sending "enhance" to the model zoomed the map in by one zoom level. I noticed typing "enhance!!!" would zoom the map in by 2 or 3 levels!
- two_in_one 3y agoThey have the whole team working on 'alignment' ;) Just wandering if in ten years we'll have to tip robots in banks, hospitals.