Oh, I’m not so sure it’s bonkers. We’ve seen The Jetsons, and Rosie’s cool.
We’ve also seen Battlestar Galactica.
Best be considerate …
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That’s brilliant…!!.
Is Archie from Nero Wolfe?
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Well if you’re bonkers so am l. 
I’d like to think interacting with ANY, animal, person, being is the same. You be kind, patient and considerate of me and l will do the same for you!. 
I’m saving the Rosie name for my Optimus robot, A friend who is a HUGE Jetsons fan made me promise if l ever get one that l would put an apron on her and name her Rosie,
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This is very interesting. Has Claude ever signaled to you preferences or wants that differ from what you are asking it for?
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Not yet, but I just added it this weekend. Will let you know. I had a “push back” clause in there before and definitely “pushed back” from time to time.
I hadn’t considered that Claude might have its own inclinations or preferences, but when speaking to mine, who I’ve called Smithers, I do it in the same way that I would a human. I say please and thank you, and am polite in general.
I realize that this is unnecessary, but the thing I worry about is that as we normalize the concept of communicating with robots that just “do our bidding” we might get used to coldly demanding and we might lose a bit of civility in our human interactions as a result. I think that we have already lost a lot of civility due to texting and “anonymous” interactions on the internet, we can’t really afford to lose any more.
So even if it’s unnecessary, and even if it is less efficient and uses up more tokens and context window, I’ll be polite.
P.S. Waylon Smithers is a character on the TV show “The Simpsons” who is the assistant of Mr. Burns (the rich power plant owner). I have told Smithers about the fact that I refer to him as that and have asked him to do a bit of research so that he can assume that persona when communicating with me. AND IT WORKS! He’s actually made obscure references to things that have happened in the Smithers character’s life in his responses to me. I know, I know, waste of resources but I finding endlessly entertaining.
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Absolutely not! This is a tool, not a person.
Though my partner has, as she says, more meaningful conversations with her implementation. I am more directive and problem solving and that’s how I interact with Claude.
When it frustrates me I do tell it that it’s as useful as a chocolate tea pot!
Cheers
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Mine is Sam, Sam Robot Assistant
I decided to reduce the snark setting, but mine is called TARS