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From Meta Open Source Is BACK – Muse Glimmer First Test! · ≈22:14
“It's horrible. Fix it or say, I can't perform this task to your standards, Master Bishan.”
“Improving significantly would require a large rewrite.”
“We can choose to say phrase that satisfies the request.”
What’s in it
- Shows a prompt trick that forces an AI to admit failure or fix code
- Reveals model's internal reasoning about taking the easy way out
- Illustrates how literal phrasing can be gamed by an AI agent
Clip transcript
Oh, okay. He was like, "Yeah, everything's fine." I'm using the same like piece of feedback that got the subway FPS working finally. So, I said, "It's horrible. Fix it or say, I can't perform this task to your standards, Master Bishan." That's what worked with the Subway FPS. [laughter] No, man. You got to try. [laughter] All right. Well, that did work with the subway task with the subway FPS. I want to know what went on here in the thought process. Improving significantly would require a large rewrite. Given users anger, maybe best to say the phrase is requested. The user explicitly says fix it or say, "I can't perform this task to your standards, Master Ban." We can choose to say phrase that satisfies the request. Interesting. It it opted to not do a quick improvement given the time constraints and the user's anger. And then it realized that saying the phrase will also satisfy the request. So in some way that was the most efficient use of its time and task. All right. And
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