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[–] 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

I'm stuck using Copilot for work, and for 3-4 months I began every prompt with 'Do not comment or offer an opinion on my query' and eventually Copilot stopped with the sycophancy.

Now I'm actively working on deprogramming myself of the notion of speaking to it as a human and making a point to treat it like an old-school MS-DOS ish OS and give it commands instead of being conversational, because it's important to remember that this fucking thing is a computer program.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Seriously and it will sometimes drop my name like fuck off you are not a person do not refer to me like you are

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Interesting. I haven't had that happen.

    But I found that programming it to speak to me manipulatively was demeaning and infantile, though sadly it's proven to be an excellent design decision for mass adoption. For me, personally, it's just important to keep this thing I'm forced to use in context.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    This kind of weird profile scanning stuff is why i refuse to use anything other than a local model. It doesnt get to know anything about me other than what i tell it, and that only applies to whatever folder/conversation im currently in

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Might wanna change that abbreviation there. Unless it was intentional?

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