Anthropic publishes the 'system prompts' that make Claude tick

Re:Anthropic publishes the 'system prompts' that make Claude... by Terr_ on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:32PM (#41369432)

Except with an important difference: There aren't a bunch of people out there busy claiming their cars literally have volition.

If people start doing that, it changes the stakes, and "bringing" stops being a safe metaphor that everyone collectively understands is figurative.

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Re:Anthropic publishes the 'system prompts' that make Claude... by brookst on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:35PM (#41370348)

Nobody’s* claiming that. People are being imprecise with language and others are imagining the claim and reacting.

* ok someone somewhere is but nobody in this conversation

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Re:Anthropic publishes the 'system prompts' that make Claude... by moffkalast on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:28PM (#41371029)

I think what he's saying is that if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and eats bread then it doesn't matter if it's a robotic duck or not because it is in all practical ways a duck. The rest is philosophy.

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