I don't have a source offhand, but I think it may have been part of the 4.5 release? Older models definitely needed caps and words like critical, important, never, etc... but Anthropic published something that said don't do that anymore.

If you think about where in the training data there is positivity vs negativity it really becomes equivalent to having a positive or negative mindset regarding a standing and outcome in life.

i make claude grovel at my feet and tell me in detail why my code is better than its code

For awhile(maybe a year ago?) it seemed like verbal abuse was the best way to make Claude pay attention. In my head, it was impacting how important it deemed the instruction. And it definitely did seem that way.

Consciousness is off the table but they absolutely respond to environmental stimulus and vibes.

See, uhhh, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8052213/ and maybe have a shot at running claude while playing Enya albums on loop.

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