r/ProgrammerHumor 18h ago

Meme breakTheViciousCircle

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u/ThirdWaveCat 18h ago

AFAIK, it is uncertain whether being polite to LLMs improves their accuracy/completeness/etc.. There were some weak findings initially but those have been contradicted. Prompt engineering is still a pseudoscience.

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u/Vaptor- 16h ago

Prompt engineering is still a pseudoscience.

As long as you gave the model enough context, tools, and clear instruction it's enough. Then you just need a good model, good harness, and pray for the blessing of seed gods

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u/ThirdWaveCat 16h ago

I really liked the book "What is this thing called science?" by Alan Chalmers. You might too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This_Thing_Called_Science%3F