LessWrong (Curated & Popular) · "Personas in a Pre-Internet Language Model" by David Africa
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Prompt-steered a model by feeding 32 in-context examples of a target trait and observed shifts in other traits
32 high-trait examples; any persona steer makes the model more agreeable and reduces psychopathy
“While you're at it, do the same exercise in reverse with your two or three most draining clients, and notice how often the same traits show up on both lists just flipped.”
“The easiest shortcut to a personal brand is to come up with three traits… then find a bridge out of small talk into something that makes you memorable.”
“Shifting heavily to a franchise model, my proposal is 90% of locations being franchised in two years.”
“… you can prompt it with an image… or with video… you can do it in context… you don’t basically need to train it.”
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