Comment by peterleiser
14 hours ago
> Three honest possibilities, and I’ll be straight with you about each
This. I don't know if the "honest answer" phrasing is part of the system prompt or alignment, but when people say "honestly" all the time I start wondering how honest they're being.
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if their honesty is even load-bearing at all?
You are absolutely right.
That's it - that's the smoking gun.
https://www.anthropic.com/constitution
Ctrl-F honest
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Haha, that is like the wall of nonsense text that used to be hidden on link-farm pages for SEO. The "final word" is delusional.
Former French president Jacques Chirac was famous for often adding an adverb like "naturely" to his sentences when he was lying.
Thankfully most people have better reading skills than that.