Researchers Test If Sergey Brin’s Threat Prompts Improve AI Accuracy

Researchers tested whether unconventional prompting strategies, such as threatening an AI (as suggested by Google co-founder Sergey Brin), affect AI accuracy. They discovered that some of these unconventional prompting strategies improved responses by up to 36% for some questions, but cautioned that users who try these kinds of prompts should be prepared for unpredictable responses.

The Researchers

The researchers are from The Wharton School Of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

They are:

• “Lennart Meincke
  University of Pennsylvania; The Wharton…