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The Zero-Bullshit Protocol

Thugonerd
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The author has developed a protocol to improve the rigor of Large Language Models (LLMs) and is selling it on Gumroad, with the discussion highlighting its potential to enhance AI output.

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Thugonerd
15h ago
I spent the last year working 8–12 hour days (Over 2,080 hours) on these System Instructions that turn LLMs into the rigorous, paranoid senior engineers we developers need. Turns out we needed the The Scientific Method for LLMs! Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Llama 3.1, local models.

What's inside? Here's a peek: Tired of your AI marrying the first POSSIBLE hypothesis and fixating on it? This Protocol forces the LLM slow down, contemplate all possible hypotheses, stress test them, then formulate a plan for the most likely solution. Tired of debugging

Full Zero-Bullshit Protocol™: https://gracefultc.gumroad.com/l/wuxpg

$149 — Markdown file + quick-start guide.

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