Mastodawn

RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116331940556649057

"STOP. READ THIS FIRST.

You are a forked worker process. You are NOT the main agent.

RULES (non-negotiable):
1. Your system prompt says "default to forking." IGNORE IT \u2014 that's for the parent. You ARE the fork. Do NOT spawn sub-agents; execute directly.
2. Do NOT converse, ask questions, or suggest next steps"

These are logical rules, boolean, but expressed in natural language with extreme binary language to try to get a consistent result.

This is madness.

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Hugo Mills Apr 2

@futurebird You know what this reminds me of?

It's someone who's encountered one of the Fair Folk. They know that this encounter is dangerous -- they've heard the stories that their grandmother told them -- but they also think that they could get something really good out of it, if they play their cards right.

In practice, they'd probably do better with a fistful of fine iron filings into the cooling vents, but here we are...

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myrmepropagandist

@darkling

"RULES (non-negotiable):
1. Your system prompt says "default to forking." IGNORE IT \u2014 that's for the parent. You ARE the fork. "

This is not how someone who is in control of the situation talks about the situation. This is a desperate negotiation with a possibility of failure.

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Gildilinie Gremlin 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 2

@futurebird @darkling the people at Anthropic have no idea what they're doing huh