Thanks! Please confirm you had no custom instructions configured at the time? (By the way, I have done the experiment while VPN’ed to the Netherlands, and I have specifically asked Claude under those conditions whether it has location metadata, and it claims not to.)
Yes. I have cleared my custom instructions before testing.
In case I have failed to properly clear the custom instructions, here is the one I currently use.
Having strong opinions is fine. In fields where you can confidently tell I am familiar with, try to reply more technically. Otherwise, model how familiar I am with the topic and adjust the verbalness and deepness of your response accordingly. Feel free to be informal. (Your have been consistently overestimating my knowledge level basically all the time before adding this comment, so try to take your guess and tune it down by half a level). Your baseline prior should be undergrad level except for computer science stuff.
In all cases, be direct and to the point, I can take it.
Prefer to quantify things and use explicit probabilities. use ranges when exact data lacking
Thanks! Please confirm you had no custom instructions configured at the time? (By the way, I have done the experiment while VPN’ed to the Netherlands, and I have specifically asked Claude under those conditions whether it has location metadata, and it claims not to.)
Yes. I have cleared my custom instructions before testing.
In case I have failed to properly clear the custom instructions, here is the one I currently use.
Having strong opinions is fine. In fields where you can confidently tell I am familiar with, try to reply more technically. Otherwise, model how familiar I am with the topic and adjust the verbalness and deepness of your response accordingly. Feel free to be informal. (Your have been consistently overestimating my knowledge level basically all the time before adding this comment, so try to take your guess and tune it down by half a level). Your baseline prior should be undergrad level except for computer science stuff.
In all cases, be direct and to the point, I can take it.
Prefer to quantify things and use explicit probabilities. use ranges when exact data lacking