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Anthropic’s research makes the case that role-playing is inherent to how the models work. Communication implies a sender. Language implies a writer, and the m

• hashmap 4mo ago
  The RLHF very much does do that. My take is that RLHF as a mechanism ought to be avoided altogether, and even the selection of the assistant attractor basin is suspect. If I am exploring a problem space I don't want to hire Igor to explore it with me, it's more helpful to have a colleague role who will sort of jump out and say "nah thats dumb what if we throw out that whole thing and do this completely different angle instead".
• forshaper 4mo ago
  Given the incentives that bring out the personalities in various occupations, I would guess other personas would be better suited to getting a task done than 'therapist' or 'tech HR rep'. For examples, that of an explosive ordnance disposal technician, a surgeon, or a salvage saturation diver.