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my most commonly repeated prompt; would be nice if the baked it into the tool itself: "No emojis. be concise. no suggestions unless I explicitly ask for them.

by skeeter2020 6mo ago

my most commonly repeated prompt; would be nice if the baked it into the tool itself: "No emojis. be concise. no suggestions unless I explicitly ask for them. answer questions like the machine you are. Don't try and add personality or humour; remember you're a robot."

ody4242 6mo ago
try to add it here: https://gemini.google.com/saved-info https://gemini.google.com/saved-info
the13 6mo ago
I like it. Have you tried putting this in your LLM system prompt?
vasco 6mo ago
> Don't try and add personality or humour; remember you're a robot." > remember you're a robot." The anthropomorphization juxtaposed to the actual command is a bit ironic.
- sublinear 6mo ago
  It really does make you wonder why all the models seem to require that. In principle, it shouldn't be a property of LLMs, and lol no it's not an "emergent property".
  - embedding-shape 6mo ago
    Post-training and "human preference" according to "data". Don't know a single developer who use these tools for work who prefer that though, but also don't know anyone who use LLMs a lot just "for fun" either, might just be vastly different preferences between the two userbases.
  - cherioo 6mo ago
    LLM are a text prediction engine. Starting the prompt with “you are a helpful assistant” help make subsequent text prediction more in line of that of a helpful assistant.
b00ty4breakfast 6mo ago
need prompt macros
sva_ 6mo ago
I'd add "no ass-kissing"
loloquwowndueo 6mo ago
lol I once used a similar “you’re a machine so just do as you’re told” to a prompt and it answered back: “I’m not a machine, I’m Claude a helpful assistant” and refused to do what I asked because it claimed I didn’t have the authority to make the decision I’d asked it to convey in writing.
- lddkdkdldl 6mo ago
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sagarpatil 6mo ago
Absolutely right! You must be fun at parties .
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KellyCriterion 6mo ago
these are the reasons why I like Claude! when you are talking to it just normal, it recognizes and adapts and does none of these things

ody4242 6mo ago

try to add it here: https://gemini.google.com/saved-info https://gemini.google.com/saved-info

the13 6mo ago

I like it. Have you tried putting this in your LLM system prompt?

vasco 6mo ago

> Don't try and add personality or humour; remember you're a robot." > remember you're a robot." The anthropomorphization juxtaposed to the actual command is a bit ironic.

sublinear 6mo ago
It really does make you wonder why all the models seem to require that. In principle, it shouldn't be a property of LLMs, and lol no it's not an "emergent property".
- embedding-shape 6mo ago
  Post-training and "human preference" according to "data". Don't know a single developer who use these tools for work who prefer that though, but also don't know anyone who use LLMs a lot just "for fun" either, might just be vastly different preferences between the two userbases.
- cherioo 6mo ago
  LLM are a text prediction engine. Starting the prompt with “you are a helpful assistant” help make subsequent text prediction more in line of that of a helpful assistant.

b00ty4breakfast 6mo ago

need prompt macros

sva_ 6mo ago

I'd add "no ass-kissing"

loloquwowndueo 6mo ago

lol I once used a similar “you’re a machine so just do as you’re told” to a prompt and it answered back: “I’m not a machine, I’m Claude a helpful assistant” and refused to do what I asked because it claimed I didn’t have the authority to make the decision I’d asked it to convey in writing.

lddkdkdldl 6mo ago
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sagarpatil 6mo ago

Absolutely right! You must be fun at parties .

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KellyCriterion 6mo ago

these are the reasons why I like Claude! when you are talking to it just normal, it recognizes and adapts and does none of these things