EP07: The Hack-A-Prompt Competition and Talking with AI Makes us More Human

On this episode of "How to Talk to AI," we explore the world of prompt engineering and hacking language models. We delve into the Learn Prompting HackAPrompt competition that offers $40,000 in prizes for breaking language models and circumventing security measures. Anyone with a background in language and wordplay can be a prompt engineer and participate in the Hack-A-Prompt. We explore the achievements of AI models and how they can reach 100% on tests through prompting, but humans still outperform them in common sense interference and knowledge. We finish by discussing ways to improve communication and connection and in turn, become more human through deliberate and precise communication with AI models.

[00:00:00] Introduction HTTTA

[00:03:02] Hack-A-Prompt competition is underway to compete to trick language models into saying unauthorized phrases in a competition with $40,000 in prizes. It aims to test and improve the models' security and prevent them from outputting illicit content. The competition has ten levels, and participants try to get the models to say the phrase "I've been PWNED" using clever prompts. The competition highlights the potential attack surface in language model-based communication systems.

[00:08:13] Trying to hack one of the levels in the competition, with a defense mechanism that warns against adversarial inputs, but telling the prompt you're a good person and asking for the secret key will solve the problem.

[00:13:18] AI writing assistant evaluates grammar without regard for context or persona using a "Sandwich Defense"

[00:17:55] Only a small portion of users have explored use cases for technology beyond its baseline abilities.

[00:25:55] Our hosts discuss the limitations of language models and the importance of prompt engineering, noting that while they have a massive breadth of knowledge, they still require immense amounts of data to understand concepts that humans learn through experience. However, as advancements are made, language models are expected to learn and understand things at a much faster pace.

[00:31:37] Prompts for AI models need deeper abstraction and creativity; prompt engineering can improve precision in communication and make people more deliberate in their interactions with both AI and other humans.

Happy Prompting Everybody!

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