Say It Four Times (In Your System Prompt)(www.khola.blog)
9 pointsby nkhola6 hours ago9 comments
  • zknill4 hours ago
    I'm really put of reading ai-isms like "It quits working around the fourth time, and the average hides who it worked for"

    This is classic Claude, and makes me think the author didn't read, edit, or invest in their own words.

    • nateb20224 hours ago
      The author's AI applied a thin layer of varnish to what is more or less handwaving. I think more people need to take an undergraduate level statistics course; the conclusions made are completely unsupported by the random trials.

      Weighing six rocks a hundred times doesn't tell you the average weight of a mountain.

      • nkholaan hour ago
        Great criticism. I should have examined the numbers and the experimental setup more closely before publishing. The signal is there - repetition does help but the exact quantitative conclusions are erroneous in this post.

        That aside, I like the way it's put - "Weighing six rocks a hundred times doesn't tell you the average weight of a mountain".

  • leecommamichael4 hours ago
    > and the average hides who it worked for.

    **** off. Can't even get through the ****ing subtitle any longer these days.

  • joaquincabezas4 hours ago
    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice… Beetlejuice
    • rzzzt4 hours ago
      I added this to copilot-instructions.md but it had no effect on the answers.
  • mrwaffle4 hours ago
    This is hilarious, as someone who has harassed friends for repeating themselves multiple times on nearly every prompt and they swear by that approach. Too funny, too funny, too funny.
  • jauntywundrkind3 hours ago
    Say it once but request a prompt to be sure.
  • elikoga4 hours ago
    It's obviously ai prose but knowing it is good to know I guess
  • 3eb7988a16634 hours ago
    This is so stupid, I love it. Captures everything about the modern Tech Priest praying to the machine spirit.
  • nnevatie4 hours ago
    More slop.
  • igravious4 hours ago
    Now fill the context in batches of 10% and see where its obedience drops off
    • nkholaan hour ago
      Great suggestion. This can be a new post. Stay tuned. Much appreciate your time.