Say It Four Times (In Your System Prompt)

9 pointsposted 12 hours ago
by nkhola

13 Comments

zknill

11 hours ago

I'm really put of reading ai-isms like "It quits working around the fourth time, and the average hides who it worked for"

This is classic Claude, and makes me think the author didn't read, edit, or invest in their own words.

nateb2022

10 hours ago

The author's AI applied a thin layer of varnish to what is more or less handwaving. I think more people need to take an undergraduate level statistics course; the conclusions made are completely unsupported by the random trials.

Weighing six rocks a hundred times doesn't tell you the average weight of a mountain.

nkhola

7 hours ago

Great criticism. I should have examined the numbers and the experimental setup more closely before publishing. The signal is there - repetition does help but the exact quantitative conclusions are erroneous in this post.

That aside, I like the way it's put - "Weighing six rocks a hundred times doesn't tell you the average weight of a mountain".

leecommamichael

10 hours ago

> and the average hides who it worked for.

**** off. Can't even get through the ****ing subtitle any longer these days.

joaquincabezas

11 hours ago

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice… Beetlejuice

rzzzt

10 hours ago

I added this to copilot-instructions.md but it had no effect on the answers.

mrwaffle

11 hours ago

This is hilarious, as someone who has harassed friends for repeating themselves multiple times on nearly every prompt and they swear by that approach. Too funny, too funny, too funny.

elikoga

11 hours ago

It's obviously ai prose but knowing it is good to know I guess

3eb7988a1663

10 hours ago

This is so stupid, I love it. Captures everything about the modern Tech Priest praying to the machine spirit.

igravious

10 hours ago

Now fill the context in batches of 10% and see where its obedience drops off

nkhola

7 hours ago

Great suggestion. This can be a new post. Stay tuned. Much appreciate your time.