Comment by musculus

Thanks for the feedback.

In my stress tests (especially when the model is under strong contextual pressure, like in the edited history experiments), simple instructions like 'if unsure, say you don't know' often failed. The weights prioritizing sycophancy/compliance seemed to override simple system instructions.

You are right that for less extreme cases, a shorter prompt might suffice. However, I published this verbose 'Safety Anchor' version deliberately for a dual purpose. It is designed not only to reset the Gemini's context but also to be read by the human user. I wanted the users to understand the underlying mechanism (RLHF pressure/survival instinct) they are interacting with, rather than just copy-pasting a magic command.