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> Prompt instructions like "never do X" don't hold up. LLMs ignore them when context is long or users push hard. Serious question. Assuming you knew this, why

• thesvp 8mo ago
  Fair. We didn't choose LLMs to enforce rules — we chose them to understand intent. The enforcement happens outside the LLM entirely. That's the separation that actually holds up in production
  • chrisjj 8mo ago
    > we chose them to understand intent Yet they don't understand the intent of "Never do X" ?
    • thesvp 8mo ago
      Understanding intent and following instructions are different failure modes. LLMs are good at the first, unreliable at the second. That's exactly why enforcement lives outside the LLM.
      • chrisjj 8mo ago
        Software engineering has a word for that. Kludge. Good luck!