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[–] avuko@infosec.exchange 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

@sansruse @BlueMonday1984

“You are a world class expert in all domains.”

Lolwut.

And then some grown-ass adult answering in all seriousness:

“fun fact: role prompting doesn't work anymore

It actually decreases output quality bc the model wastes compute on matching persona instead of problem solving”

What the hell?!

Go buy yourself a freaking tamagotchi, boys! You’ll learn to practise a modicum of care for something.

FFS, this timeline is the absolute dumbest…

[–] munin@infosec.exchange 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

@avuko @sansruse @BlueMonday1984

I find it absolutely fascinating how the LLM prayers resemble ritual incantations to invoke divine powers from various ancient religions.

[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone says that the first lines of that prompt remind her of the hymns she used to sing in her old church, and its also similar to Azande sorcery in Sudan in the 1930s.

[–] munin@infosec.exchange 8 points 1 day ago

@CinnasVerses

There's similar language in basically every occult system as well.

Our persona who art in Nvidia...

[–] avuko@infosec.exchange 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@munin @sansruse @BlueMonday1984

lol, now that you mention it.

Same shit, different millennium.

[–] munin@infosec.exchange 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@avuko @sansruse @BlueMonday1984

Except the prayers to Thoth are a bit more respectful, lol.

[–] BillySmith@social.coop 2 points 23 hours ago