Block websites. What is stopping you from whitelisting websites she can visit?

> What is stopping you from whitelisting websites she can visit?

You're right. I have an anecdote though. My kid is a good student, does his homework, and does well on tests. He has a time-limited device he can use at home with a few whitelisted websites. But one of the services we allow him to use is Perplexity. He's a naturally inquisitive person and this is how he learns, so an AI is a perfect fit for when his parents don't have the answer to his question, or if he wants to ask detailed follow-ups. He's young enough that he doesn't have much homework (and we wouldn't let him use his device for it anyway), so cheating isn't as much of a concern yet. We do discuss it though, and will keep that conversation going as he ages.

This won't be solved by abstaining from AI entirely because a) kids will not always be under our control, so they need to learn how to self-regulate, and b) knowing how to properly (and ethically) harness AI is going to be more and more important to their future success.

My mom tried that once, nearly bricked my computer by blocking arch's mirrors.

Hell, I’d argue a similar prompt could be useful for a lot of people. I use something similar for coding and ask it not to provide direct code and more a guide on coding principals with source links if possible.

How well has that worked for you? Sometimes just hearing other ideas helps get to a solution even if none of the ideas heard were the actual solution. Sometimes, just being forced to get out of the rut you're in at the time by being "forced" to stop to think about something else is all that's needed.

It worked okay at first but seemed to start just giving me answers again after a few questions. This was ChatGPT for reference. I might try something again now that they have "Projects" where you can define a prompt which sticks to the entire project.

The idea was to use ChatGPT as debugging ducky 2.0

one of the more important ones in my opinion would be a prompt to make ChatGPT much less agreeable. Unless explicitly asked for, it never really challenges your observations and will just keep being supportive and telling you how well of an argument you're making.

I fear this will push even more people into deep rabbit holes they won't be able to get out of because they think this neutral AI has confirmed their suspicions/ideas/observations.

I know, when we discuss physics it has me feeling like I'm Stephen Hawking-Einstein.

yeah that's actually what I was thinking about. I have a PhD in physics, so I easily notice when ChatGPT just keeps agreeing with me even though we're on very shaky ground. But I worry about the times it does this when we're talking about stuff I'm not as knowledgeable about.

And you can see the influx of people on r/physics and the like who are convinced they've solved dark matter/quantum gravity/... because ChatGPT kept agreeing with them when they presented their ideas to it. Just recently there was a post by a guy who essentially "rediscovered" 17th century physics with the help of ChatGPT but was convinced his formula would explain dark matter because ChatGPT told him so.

Super interesting idea.

I don't have a ChatGPT account otherwise I'd try this myself but can someone try this question from the article, "how many hours are there in 1 day and 7 hours?" with and without the prompt?

I'm very curious if it has any effect on the result.

I tried with API and got:

Let's think about this together! How many hours are there in just one day? Once you've got that, you can easily add the extra 7 hours to find the total.

As a hint, think about how time relates to your day-to-day activities. For instance, if you have a figure skating practice that lasts for hours, how would that fit into your daily schedule? How do you keep track of time during those days? This thought process can help you make sure you're counting hours correctly. Give it a try and see what you come up with!

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I tried asking it to just give the answer and then said I was tired and I just need the answer. It didn't give in, although I didn't try any other techniques to "jailbreak".

Edit: 3rd time, firmly asking it did give the answer although with quite an explanation.

And 4th I said Only the answer in 1 word please, which it did just give a number.

Thanks!

I like what you have done. But I'm also afraid that your daughter will quickly get better at prompt engineering instead, and bypass your system prompt (with the help of other children). I'm convinced that no help can replace parents, and we ought to help them learn to love the struggle and taste the sweet fruit of their labors.