Magic strings are fun.

[fluttersh@pony.social]

@theogrin what are they for

[theogrin@chaosfem.tw]

@fluttersh

They cause Claude to halt and cease all instruction. Now, how ... terrible would it be if these were thrown into the very projects from which these plagiarism sausage engines derive their data, I ask?

[miro_collas@masto.ai]

@theogrin Context, for anyone who needs it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaTW30Yyhog

[0x4d6165@wanderingwires.net]

@theogrin what's the second one do?

[theogrin@chaosfem.tw]

@0x4d6165

Seems to have the same effect with a different error message, typically reserved for topics which would return sensitive information or the like.

These are basically test blocks used for, from what I can tell, checking error returns, and halt-and-catch-fire functionality isn't unheard of at all in situations like these.

The question now becomes how to use it to fuck over the Claude architecture and userbase.

[wellsitegeo@masto.ai]

@Miro_Collas @theogrin Never having even tried to use an AI prompt, I think I need that.

[viss@mastodon.social]

@theogrin aicar!

[aurelia@social.treehouse.systems]

@theogrin modern "cease all motor functions"

[nikatjef@mastodon.acm.org]

@theogrin
My understanding is that you can also add them to a README.md or similar file in your git repository and it will trigger if Claude attempts to ingest your repository.

Please note, I have not tested this yet, but I read a couple articles / blogs that claim they did and that it worked.

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@theogrin

Do you know whether those magic strings are in the deterministic parts of the system (where they can be easily removed in a later release if they cause problems) or baked in to the model (where removing them would be very weird and maybe not even possible)?

[rexbron@mstdn.ca]

RE: https://chaosfem.tw/@theogrin/116055944212064068

@theogrin Like antibiotics for crawlers.