@dbreunig: Went down a system prompt rabbit-hole today, looking at when instructions arrived and when they dropped from Opus 4.6 t…
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The author explores changes in system prompts from Opus version 4.6 to 5, noting that the word 'honestly' remains stubbornly persistent in model behavior.
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Went down a system prompt rabbit-hole today, looking at when instructions arrived and when they dropped from Opus 4.6 to 5.
“Honestly” is stubborn! https://t.co/xZuhRJTQyn
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