Especially when we're trying something new for the first time, I find that the more detail I can provide, the better he is able to anticipate events and roll with the punches.
The carefully phrased lists of instructions remind me of what it's like to try to give basic instructions to (or explain morality to) an entity that isn't quite prepared to understand it.
Many of these prompts are utilitarian. 'You are a helpful mail assistant which can help identify relevant questions from a given mail and a short reply snippet,' reads one prompt that seems to describe the behavior of the Apple Mail Smart Reply feature.
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