GPT-3 Era Flashback: Empty Output From Stop Sequences, Fixed by Appending '\r\r'
nbaschez · x · 2026-09-23
A nostalgic look back at a GPT-3 era bug: "The model predicted a completion that begins with a stop sequence, resulting in no output." The developer shares a non-obvious workaround — appending "\r\r" to the end of the prompt made the issue occur far less often.
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