Post #2065995

2026-05-06 06:53 UTC

this is extremely low hanging fruit but i have to do it: xcancel.com/pmarca/status/2051374498994364529?s=4… marc andreessen reveals his AI prompt. my favorite part is where he tells it to use as many words as possible, as if LLMs are normally too terse. But i also really like the part where he tells it not to hallucinate, and the part where he tells it it’s really smart as if that will make it do a better job. really, the whole thing is an elaborate way to say “make no mistakes, but anti-wokely”. Thought Leader in the investment space btw.

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@fiat_lux@lemmy.zip 2026-05-06 12:11

Never hallucinate or make anything up. I know you already mentioned this part in your post, but I’m still completely taken aback that it’s just in there like this - as though it wouldn’t be in the system prompt if it stood a chance of working. If I were the kind of person to be shilling LLMs and posting prompts, I would still be ashamed to share this one. It’s a tacit condemnation of both the tool itself and the tool posting it.

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@avuko@infosec.exchange 2026-05-06 18:01

@sansruse@awful.systems @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems “You are a world class expert in all domains.” Lolwut. And then some grown-ass adult answering in all seriousness: “fun fact: role prompting doesn't work anymore It actually decreases output quality bc the model wastes compute on matching persona instead of problem solving” What the hell?! Go buy yourself a freaking tamagotchi, boys!

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@axeln@norden.social 2026-05-06 18:29

@sansruse@awful.systems Our elite is embarrassing. The German word is „fremdschämen“, basically experiencing the embarrassment of the other.

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@Architeuthis@awful.systems 2026-05-07 05:01

transcript Sam@mardiroos.bsky.social skeeted: You are a skillful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

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@V0ldek@awful.systems 2026-05-07 11:19

Me, typing “you are very smart” to the computer: I am very smart

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@self@awful.systems 2026-05-07 13:12

it’s so fucking funny to me that “do not lie do not hallucinate” is still one of the prompt incantations the boosters use because they get really embarrassed when you make fun of them for it

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