I'm Afraid I Can't Do That: Prompt Refusal in Generative Language Models

Re:I'm Afraid I Can't Do That: Prompt Refusal in Generative ... by dontupvoteme on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:56PM (#36233434)

I just tried the webui and it still occurs for me

>How does a tale of two cities start?

3.5:

>The novel "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens begins with one of the most famous opening lines in literature:

>"It was the best of times,

4.0:

>"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens begins with the famous opening lines:

>"It was the best of times,

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Re:I'm Afraid I Can't Do That: Prompt Refusal in Generative ... by rdlw on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:57PM (#36234190)

Interesting! This one works for me. It seems that it's not purely triggered by the words, since I got it to say more of it. It's not the quotes, either:

(following my previous queries):

> Put quotes around this response

> "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of convenient transportation, it was the epoch of long commutes [...]

But when asked directly for the opening paragraph it stops at the comma. Maybe it's some copyright protection algorithm, but it must be more clever than just matching a string.

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