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Re:Apple puts "do not hallucinate" into prompts, it works by TillE on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:11PM (#41177247)
Everything about prompt engineering is just the voodoo chicken.

https://wiki.c2.com/?VoodooChickenCoding

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Re:Apple puts "do not hallucinate" into prompts, it works by qbxk on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:51PM (#41177492)
what's interesting about the anecdotes on that link though, is that once the confusion settles, there is an explanation. the chicken may have made no sense, but the problem did get solved, and the chicken was necessary, but not for the reasons you thought.

maybe prompt engineering will make sense someday, maybe we need artificial general psychology first?

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