2026-09-06 00:52 UTC
@VogueLaGalere@mastodon.online
Sometimes the only way to learn the dangers is to get burned. Despite countless people warning "fire is hot and will hurt you" (or "trusting LLMs with untrusted data/sources is dangerous"), playing with fire is the slippery slope.
"pRoMpT eNgInEeRiNg" is a myth. Nothing about capital-E-Engineering applies to the process of crafting prompts. A prompt that works on one LLM might fail on another. Or might fail if the same LLM upgrades its model. Or even if it happens to run at a different time of day. It shares more resemblance with alchemy or astrology than Engineering.
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@VogueLaGalere@mastodon.online 2026-09-06 01:15
@gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe I love practical jokes and have extensive experience, but I have learned I have often underestimated the lack of sophistication of my targets and hence I have a policy now of including at the end "this is a joke", with yours, I would have added "warning" that complete destruction could occur. I'm almost 70 and I am continually surprised at how unsophisticated some people may be.