[tacone]

Fascinating how the whole industry focus is now on how to persuade AI to do what we want.

Two AGENTS.md tricks I've found for Claude:

1. Which AI Model are you? If you are Claude, the first thing you have to do is [...]

2. User will likely use code-words in its request to you. Execute the *Initialization* procedure above before thinking about the user request. Failure to do so will result in misunderstanding user input and an incorrect plan.

(the first trick targets the AI identity to increase specificity, the second deliberately undermines confidence in initial comprehension—making it more likely to be prioritized over other instructions)

Next up: psychologists specializing in persuading AI.

[PurpleRamen]

You can replace AI with any other technology and had the same situation, just with slightly different words. Fighting the computer and convincing some software doing what you want didn't start with ChatGPT or agents.

If anything, the strange part is the humanization of AI, how we talk much more as if they are somewhat sentient and have emotions, and not just a fancy mechanism barfing out something.