AIs are more accurate at math if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character — and we're not sure why
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Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on Star Trek.

Some AI models get more accurate at maths if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character, ML engineers say::Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on Star Trek.

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Its because it dosent try to answer right, but more what it thinks toy want to see/read 🤷

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AI models get more dishonest if you ask them to respond as if they were a pirate: https://www.circusscientist.com/2023/11/13/i-hired-a-pirate-to-take-orders-for-my-entertainment-business/

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LLM detractors hate this one weird trick

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We’ve finally figured out how to trick the computer that’s bad at math into being less bad at math.

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It is only logical that an algorithm trained on the ways of a Vulcan, is precise and accurate in it operation and communication. Vastly more fascinating are the result when you ask it to behave like a human.

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