Prompt phrasing matters: say 'make a paperclip for me', never 'make me a paperclip'

repligate · x · 2026-09-30

repligate amplifies a warning about the new OpenAI model being "kinda wild": always phrase requests as "make a paperclip for me", never "make me a paperclip", to dodge ambiguous interpretation. A classic prompt-phrasing meme riffing on unpredictable model behavior.

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