Developer agrees on practical benefits of respectful interaction
1 Sep 27 8:19 PM · 1d ago · 4 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Nolan on Mastodon endorses the pragmatic approach, noting that saying "please" and "thank you" and conversational patience may yield better results, framing LLM use as collaborative roleplay.
“This is a great way to think about it. Maybe I get better results because I say "please" and "thank you" (yes really) and talk patiently and conversationally.”
nolan@toot.cafeL. Morchard Developer and essayistMichał Zalewski Technologist and writer
Douglas Hofstadter Cognitive scientist and author
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"I read Gödel, Escher, Bach in high school, and it warped my brain. In that book and later in I Am a Strange Loop, Hofstadter argued that human consciousness arises from an intricate, self-referential feedback loop. A system of symbols acquires the ability to reflect upon itself, crossing hierarchical levels until an "I" emerges from the tangle…
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