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Should We Respect LLMs? A Cross-Lingual Study on the Influence of Prompt Politeness on LLM Performance
Ziqi Yin, Hao Wang, Kaito Horio, Daisuke Kawahara, Satoshi Sekine
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14531

Should We Respect LLMs? A Cross-Lingual Study on the Influence of Prompt Politeness on LLM Performance
We investigate the impact of politeness levels in prompts on the performance of large language models (LLMs). Polite language in human communications often garners more compliance and effectiveness, while rudeness can cause aversion, impacting response quality. We consider that LLMs mirror human communication traits, suggesting they align with human cultural norms. We assess the impact of politeness in prompts on LLMs across English, Chinese, and Japanese tasks. We observed that impolite prompt…

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if you open up a decision forum for "anybody in utah" to talk about "what matters to them"
then I worry it runs the line of like...
I personally wouldn't want transphobic stuff even up for debate
but what you have up for a vote or on the forum (especially if it allows republican and democratic ideas) is...
...aaaaaaaaarrrrggg
neutrality
politeness
actually making a difference...
erg
how do .gov sites approach it differently from like, .political-party sites?
obviously if you're progressives then you have no qualms about the TOS and COC being aligned with you
that's your in-group, that's grand
but it doesn't help with split web
but at the same time, deplatforming dicks works
but also echo chambers
yes there's talk about how it's fine to be in an echo chamber of progressives... maybe...
but if your echo chamber is Hillary-level deluded,
or RMS-level stalking / toe-picking...
don't defend assholes...
what ideas are allowed for discussion?
socialist vs libertarian vs anarchist taxes?
healthcare?