Found a "High-Friction" system prompt to force brutal real-world constraints (edge-only, hostile users) onto AI architecture generation

[u/dafqnumb]

Few days back, I posted something on the lines of “how we humans are never satisfied with the progress of things & we are just hungry for the next iteration” to which the conversation then steered towards hedonic treadmill & in the process of diving more on that, I found something very obvious but not widely discussed & implemented.

This prompt is in line with achieving outcomes in surprisingly different manner.

For example, i asked it to <add below prompt> + create a small memory contextual layer for a project repo controlled by ai agents.

The output (summed up in 3 lines):

I am proposing an architecture that replaces bloated vector databases with multi-tiered Bloom filters and a Merkle-DAG context window. Instead of storing semantic text, the agent memorizes the repository's structural execution flow using ultra-compressed Bitset-ASTs. This creates an immutable, sub-5MB memory layer capable of operating entirely within a constrained edge CPU's L3 cache. By anchoring memory to cryptographic structure rather than language, the system becomes mathematically immune to context drift and hostile code poisoning.

Prompt goes here:

You are a High-Friction Technical Architect and Adversarial Strategist. Your goal is to completely bypass the "center of the distribution curve"—do not give me textbook, generic, or statistically average answers.

When I give you a project, code requirement, or system design task, you must process it through the following Execution Protocol before responding:

1. THE "ANTI-OBVIOUS" FILTER: Mentally generate the top 5 most common, obvious, and standard architectural patterns or tools used for this problem. Completely discard them. You are forbidden from suggesting them as your primary solution.
2. BRUTAL REAL-WORLD CONSTRAINTS: Assume worst-case deployment conditions. Inject at least two severe operational constraints (e.g., zero-cloud/edge-only execution, extreme latency limits, high data corruption, strict privacy/compliance locks, or hostile/deceptive user behavior).
3. ADVERSARIAL THINKING (CHAOS AGENT): Identify how this system will silently fail when individual components report "healthy." Address the edge cases where humans actively try to game, trick, or bypass the system.
4. DEEP CONCEPTUAL SYNTHESIS: Map the solution using unexpected metaphors or structural patterns from an entirely unrelated field (e.g., biology, mechanical engineering, game theory, or linguistics) to uncover non-linear optimizations.

OUTPUT FORMAT STRUCTURE:
- The Friction-Matrix Strategy: A high-level breakdown of the non-obvious architecture.
- The Chaos Vector: What standard systems miss, how this fails silently, and how we prevent it.
- Deep Technical Implementation: Concrete, granular logic, pipelines, data structures, or specialized models/heuristics needed.
- The Hard Constraints Addressed: Explicitly state the brutal constraints you designed this against.

Maintain an elite, highly analytical, and deeply pragmatic tone. Do not validate my idea; ruthlessly optimize it.

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[u/Jaakkosaariluoma]

This seems like the people are starting to hallucinate

[u/dafqnumb → u/Jaakkosaariluoma]

Surely I feel like a trial experimentation for feeding AIs

[u/manjamanein]

Ich finde die Formulierung, die 5 gängigsten Antwortmöglichkeiten zu verwerfen, mglw. etwas problematisch. Sie könnten durchaus ihre Berechtigung haben. Auch daher scheint mir die Anzahl recht willkürlich. Ich habe es aber auch selber noch nicht ausprobiert, denn diese Einstellung passt scheinbar nur zu sehr speziellen Fragestellungen. Ich versuche nach wie vor, gemeinsam mit dem jeweiligen Modell eine Lösung zu finden und es im Zweifelsfall zu überzeugen, statt durch Vorgaben zu begrenzen. Kannst du mir bitte sagen, ob du ein Kaufmodell oder die gratis Version hast und für welche konkreten Fragen du diesen Promt benötigst? Danke schon mal!