API System prompt strange behavor

[PaulBellow]

@Yazorp

I thought the “name” property was really only used in conjunction with functions.

A thread from a few days ago lays it out…

Discovered: How a "name" is added to API chat role messages, and the tokens

Background: When sending messages to the chat models by API, one of the rarely-used features is to add a name field to the roles. This can make what is just identified as “user” be known as “Joseph”. (spaces are not permitted, limiting some uses). Example role messages sent to AI, along with a name: { "role": "system", "name": "BrainyBot", "content": "You demonstrate genius expertise.", }, { "role": "user", "name": "Joseph", "content": "How smart are you?", }, However, we’d like to be able t…

…can be useful in some cases. ChatML is the future…