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Re:ChatGPT: It has no inner monologue or meta-cognition by zmgsabst on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:14AM (#35783974)
I just have chatGPT label sections of its output, within an answer, eg:

[notes]

…stuff about how it will perform the task…

[output]

…stuff I wanted it to write…

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That would be easy to then parse and it does a good job of consistently labeling.

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Re:ChatGPT: It has no inner monologue or meta-cognition by jerrre on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:50AM (#35784558)
Can you give example of the prompt to make it to this?
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Re:ChatGPT: It has no inner monologue or meta-cognition by zmgsabst on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:58AM (#35784614)
Sure, here’s a simple one.

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Hello ChatGPT, please perform the following [task] according to the provided [rules].

[rules]

- start your response with a section labeled [notes] where you describe how you’ll complete the task

- complete the task in a section labeled [output]

[task]

Write a paragraph explaining why water flows.

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