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Then, to add yet another layer of protection, Microsoft started running GPT-4 on hundreds of computers and set them to converse with one another—millions of exchanges apiece—with instructions to get other machines to say something untoward. Each time a new lapse was generated, the meta-prompts and other customizations were adjusted accordingly. Then the process began anew. After months of honing, the result was a version of GPT-4 unique to Microsoft’s needs and attitudes, which invisibly added dozens, sometimes hundreds, of instructions to each user inquiry.
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI | The New Yorker
Charles Duhigg
There are hundreds of ways to use the ACE formula. And keep in mind, you don’t have to stick to the sequence above: Acknowledge → Connect → Engage. Some people find it works better to first Connect with their body, and then to Acknowledge what’s going on inside, and then to Engage in what they’re doing.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
In many Muslim cultures, when you want to ask them how they’re doing, you ask: in Arabic, Kayf haal-ik? or, in Persian, Haal-e shomaa chetoreh? How is your haal?
What is this haal that you inquire about? It is the transient state of one’s heart. In reality, we ask, “How is your heart doing at this very moment, at this breath?” When I ask, “How are you?” that is really what I want to know.
The Disease of Being Busy
onbeing.org
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