ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2750-7495; Altmann, Philipp
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-176X; Mansky, Maximilian; Kölle, Michael und Gabor, Thomas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2048-8667
(2024):
Self-Replicating Prompts for Large Language Models: Towards Artificial Culture.
ALife 2024: The International Conference for Artificial Life, Kopenhagen, Dänemark, 22. - 26. Juli 2024.
Cambridge: MIT.
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Abstract
We consider various setups where large language models (LLMs) communicate solely with themselves or other LLMs. In accordance with similar results known for program representations (like λ-expressions or automata), we observe a natural tendency for the evolution of self-replicating text pieces, i.e., LLM prompts that cause any receiving LLM to produce a response similar to the original prompt. We argue that the study of these self-replicating patterns, which exist in natural language and across different types of LLMs, may have important implications on artificial intelligence, cultural studies, and related fields.
Dokumententyp: | Konferenzbeitrag (Paper) |
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Fakultät: | Mathematik, Informatik und Statistik > Informatik |
Themengebiete: | 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 004 Informatik |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-127158-7 |
Ort: | Cambridge |
Dokumenten ID: | 127158 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 31. Jul. 2025 13:15 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 31. Jul. 2025 13:15 |