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I swear at the chat bot because it gets a very different result to when you're nice to the chatbot. Like, ask the bot nicely to correct errors and you get flowery bullshit but swear at the chatbot rudely and you get a no-nonsense straight to the point response.
People are being mean to this shit because it gets a specific result that they want that they do not get when they're nice to it.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396250643_Mind_Your_Tone_Investigating_How_Prompt_Politeness_Affects_LLM_Accuracy_short_paper
Swearing at the chatbot returns better outputs, too
Right so the personal pattern recognition I've had is also confirmed by actual research. I'm not the only person who does this intentionally because the result works.
Yeah, acting like they have an indentured servant or something. Making demands and negging it.