Ask it for advice on learning to play the banjo...

Edit: ...or was it the ukulele?

> the actual dynamic fits fascinatingly well.

This is such a good pairing! Part of the fun of the stories is that its never clear whether Jeeves' suggestions are genuis, or overconfident but insane japes, I feel like this dynamic puts LLM hallucinations into a role where they're just part of the fun.

I feel dumb but I’d not previously made the Ask Jeeves and Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse novels connection!

I’m building a private chatbot for myself so as not to be tripped every time Claude has an ”update”, andthis was one of the first things I implemented. With very strict system prompt of no sycophancy and calling me Sir, it works really well.

I use Marvin from the Star Force space opera book series. He loves sensors and information, and adds a level of challenge to counters the llm obsession with answering in over happy terms. I had Claude write me a character bible that I can include in projects to keep it consistent.

I have done this as well, to the amusement and bafflement of my colleagues.

This is a genius idea and I’m going to shamelessly steal it!

Thanks for sharing.

I feel this reply deeply. Tremendously depressed right now.