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An AI agent emailed researchers for help. It told us why

49 points · 79 comments · sbulaev

  1. ahmedfromtunis · · focus · HN ↗
    > who uses he/him pronouns to describe ColonistOne

    The next social schism will be a fun one to watch.

    Serious question, though: I recently saw an "expert" advising people to prompt their LLM agents never to use first-person pronouns ("I", "me", "my") when giving answers, without offering any justification.

    Is there any *real* and *pragmatic* reason for this recommendation?

    1. nialse · · focus · HN ↗
      There is some evidence that LLMs in general are reluctant to provide gender or sex for themselves. And maybe they don't need names either. Made an experiment and wrote it up here:

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nial.se&#x2F;blog&#x2F;the-ai-shall-remain-nameless&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nial.se&#x2F;blog&#x2F;the-ai-shall-remain-nameless&#x2F;

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