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Comment by catoc

4 hours ago

Exactly!

Attempting to handle prompt injections by prompting the model (not to leak sensitive data), is like attempting to stop a fire by burning the area around it

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catoc

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politician  4 hours ago

My guy, that's actually how fires are stopped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebreak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn

  • catoc  4 hours ago

    Haha, nice. TIL.

    So all we need is ‘controlled prompting’ to handle prompt injections :-)

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