top | item 44240041 (no title) avandekleut | 8 months ago Ive found similar behaviour with stopping at linting errors. I wonder if my instructions are conflicting with the agent system prompt. discuss order hn newest kenfox|8 months ago System prompts themselves have many contradictions. I remember hearing an Anthropic engineer (possibly Lex Fridman's interview with Amanda Askell) talking about using exaggerated language like "NEVER" just to steer Claude to rarely do something. apwell23|8 months ago that doesn't work ( atleast not anymore)
kenfox|8 months ago System prompts themselves have many contradictions. I remember hearing an Anthropic engineer (possibly Lex Fridman's interview with Amanda Askell) talking about using exaggerated language like "NEVER" just to steer Claude to rarely do something. apwell23|8 months ago that doesn't work ( atleast not anymore)
kenfox|8 months ago
apwell23|8 months ago