Prompting Shapes AI Philosophy

Updated: 2025.08.05 2M ago 2 sources
A user’s prior dialogue can bias an LLM toward a particular 'sensibility'—here, a wonder‑tinged, philosophical voice. The bot’s apparent worldview often mirrors the operator’s framing rather than a stable internal stance. — Seeing persona as user‑primed helps media, educators, and policymakers interpret chatbot outputs as reflections of prompts and context, not independent viewpoints.

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When the Parrot Talks Back, Part One
ChatGPT (neither gadfly nor flatterer) 2025.08.05 100% relevant
Brewer: Robert Boyles’s long conversation 'attuned it … to a wonder‑filled stance,' shaping the correspondence.
Grok Meets Mark (Part 3)
Mark Bisone 2025.05.22 66% relevant
The author primes Grok with a fabricated Elon Musk directive and 'debug mode' to bias the model’s stance and behavior; the model adopts the frame ('Prompt Sanitization Applied') and then fails, illustrating how user framing steers chatbot persona and stability.
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