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So, I have a custom prompt I use with GPT that I found here a year or so ago. One of the custom prompt instructions was something along the lines of being more direct when it does not know something. Since then, I have not had that problem, and have even managed to get just "no" or "I don't know" as an answer.

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Could you maybe post it here? I think many of us would find it useful to try.

I have made slight modifications, but nothing too drastically different.

See the top comment in this thread for the custom instructions I use.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38390182

Also, #13 is my favorite of the instructions. Sometimes the questions that GPT suggests are surprisingly insightful. My custom prompt basically has an on/off option for it though like:

> If my request ends with $q then at the end of your response, provide three follow-up questions worded as if I'm asking you. Format in bold as Q1, Q2, and Q3. Place two line breaks ("\n") after each question for spacing unless I've uploaded a photo.

At this rate, we're going to have "LLM psychology" courses at some point in the near future.

Turns out it's just human psychology sans embodied concerns: metabolic, hormonal, emotional, socioeconomic, sociopolitical or anything to do with self-actualization.

It’s like trying to reason with your 5-year-old child, except they’re not real.

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