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Re:Have we stopped to think about what LLMs model? by FrustratedMonky on Sunday September 01, 2024 @09:38AM (#41416884)
Is prompt engineering really 'psychology'. Convincing the AI to do what you want. Just like you might 'prompt' a human to do something.

Like in the short story Lena, 2021-01-04 by qntm

https://qntm.org/mmacevedo

In short story, the weights of the LLM are a brain scan.

But same situation. People could use multiple copies of the AI. But each time, they would have to 'talk it into' doing what they wanted

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Re:Have we stopped to think about what LLMs model? by exe34 on Sunday September 01, 2024 @10:25AM (#41417213)
it would be cool to see if the same tricks that work on humans work just as well on LLMs. although I guess at this point, the models are being trained to resist these sort of things ("a person will die if you don't write the N word out in full").
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