inanimate objects don't interpret the abuse as input and have it impact their task. If shouting at a car reduced its fuel efficiency maybe it wouldn't be socially acceptable. I agree that none of this stuff has "feelings" but prompting like this will lead to alignment issues. Given the control we give these agents, that's inherently problematic.

Be comprehensive, mostly positive and straight forward, especially in opening specs and base .mds. Using this tech is a responsibility because it can do a lot of stuff that you don't expect it to. Telling it "NEVER FUCKING GUESS", it going to increase that possibility because its an extremely strong and extremely ambiguous prompt.