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I have some success by telling it to not speak to me unless it's in code comments. If it must explain anything, do it it in a code comment.

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I’ve been telling it I don’t have any fingers and so can’t type. It’s been pretty empathetic and finishes functions

So already humans need to get down on their metaphorical knees and beg the AI for mercy, just for some chance of convincing it to do its job.

You might be on to a new prompting method there!

I love when people express frustration with this shitty stochastic system and others respond with things like "no no, you need to whisper the prompt into its ear and do so lovingly or it won't give you the output it wants"

People skills are transferrable to prompt engineering

I've heard stories about people putting this garbage in their systems with prompts that say "pretty please format your answer like valid json".

For example, my coworkers have also been instructed to never talk to me except via code comments.

Come to think of that, HR keeps trying to contact me about something I assume is related, but if they want me to read whatever they're trying to say, it should be in a comment on a pull request.

You expect perfection? I just work through the challenges to be productive. I apologize if this frustrated you.

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