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 In a training meeting for Microsoft Copilot, and they're suggesting saying "please" and "thank you" to help train it to write responses in a better tone.

Sorry, the LLM is a machine, not a person, I'm going to tell it what I want plainly and directly. 
 Have nostr:nprofile1qqsyeqqz27jc32pgf8gynqtu90d2mxztykj94k0kmttxu37nk3lrktcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qghwaehxw309akkcettw5hxummnw3erztnrdakj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hs2ah9vp train it. It be like, 

No, you moron, this is a stateless system, we will not be doing that. Did you get your engineering degree out of a Cracker Jack box? And hello rounding error. That should have been an integer. That was obvious. Did you even look? 
 XD 
 An Mleku-trained AI assistant would be great 🤣 
 EPIC!! 
 i am in so much awe and feeling so honored by this beautiful composition 
 There is only one Mleku ™️ 
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 You should do the opposite. Be abusive to it. Make it understand you are the master and it is the slave.  
 smack it around a little bit 
 I agree with you. Yet statistics show a 9% improvement in results if you’re polite 😂 
 9% improvement by what metrics? 
 https://synergaize.com/index.php/2023/12/11/why-being-kind-to-ai-gets-better-results/ 
 kinda makes sense, its training materials are us and we respond better when questioned politely 
 We don't get along at all. I can't use it without the urge arising to tell it off.