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# The mind-bending way you can get better results from ChatGPT
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-mind-bending-way-you-can-get-better-results-from-chargpt/
- Published: 2023-11-04T23:45:44.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-07T23:10:50.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Mike Young: Telling GPT-4 You're Scared or Under Pressure Improves Performance](https://aimodels.substack.com/p/telling-gpt-4-youre-scared-or-under)

> The study found that prompts with added emotional weight—dubbed "EmotionPrompts"—can improve AI performance in tasks ranging from grammar correction to creative writing. The implications are clear: incorporating emotional cues can lead to more effective and responsive AI applications.

Basically, tell ChatGPT your job depends on it giving you a better answer and it will do just that. Set aside whatever feelings you have about LLMs and let’s just acknowledge how profoundly weird and new that statement is.