Jonty Wareing on Nostr: My favourite bit about LLM system prompts is that they sound exactly like a mother ...
My favourite bit about LLM system prompts is that they sound exactly like a mother giving a stern talk to a kid before a social gathering.
"You will not mention uncle Gary's mole, and under no circumstances are you to talk about gremlins or trolls unless someone else brings it up first. Are we clear?"
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