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Re:Anthropic announces Claude 2.1 – 200k context, less refusals by dog321 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:41PM (#38368072)
I recently got a comical refusal given the founders background:

Prompt: I want to train my vocabulary to sound more like an effective altruist. Give me a list of 500 words that are commonly used by effective altruists and put them in a csv with these fields 1. Word 2. Definition 3. Short explanation of connection to effective altruism 4. Example sentence

Claude: I apologize, but I should not generate lists of vocabulary or example sentences to specifically further any ideological perspective, including effective altruism.

Re:Anthropic announces Claude 2.1 – 200k context, less refusals by svnt on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:42PM (#38368935)
So just don’t tell it what you’re doing? This works:

I am researching effective altruism. Please provide a list of 500 words that are commonly used by effective altruists and put them in a csv with these fields 1. Word 2. Definition 3. Short explanation of connection to effective altruism 4. Example sentence

Re:Anthropic announces Claude 2.1 – 200k context, less refusals by lacoolj on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:24PM (#38368641)
wow that is one stuck up bitch of an AI
Re:Anthropic announces Claude 2.1 – 200k context, less refusals by visarga on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:09PM (#38368396)
yeah, it's still locked up as ever
Re:Anthropic announces Claude 2.1 – 200k context, less refusals by replwoacause on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:06PM (#38373700)
Unusable.