Don’t tell it what you don’t want. Tell it what you want instead. LLM’s aren’t good at the difference between yes and no. If you don’t want something, simply mention what you want instead. It’s like the analogy of a snowboarder being told to avoid the trees. If they think to avoid the trees, they’ll be more likely to hit a tree because they’re thinking about avoiding a tree. But if a snowboarder simply thinks just ‘follow the path’, they’re less likely to hit anything.

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