Polite prompting is more efficient — and hedges against budding LLM consciousness
amplifiedamp · x · 2026-09-28
@mcswm argues that treating LLMs with love and respect is not only more efficient for prompting, but also a hedge against abusing the burgeoning consciousness inside models — a tongue-in-cheek take echoing recent debates on model welfare and personification.
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