Negative Instructions and Their Pitfalls — Roadmap Step & Resources
Why telling a model what not to do often backfires
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Prompt Engineering & Evaluation
Before this step
Study resources
- OpenAI Prompt Engineering Guide (Article) — OpenAI's official guide to prompt engineering best practices. Background reading/viewing for: Negative Instructions and Their Pitfalls.
- Anthropic Prompt Engineering Guide (Article) — Anthropic's official guide on the building blocks of an effective prompt. Relevant to: Negative Instructions and Their Pitfalls.
Part of
- Anatomy of an Effective Prompt — section
- Prompt Engineering & Evaluation roadmap — the full learning path