ten-instruction-phrasings-stability-screened
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Ten instruction phrasings were tested in preliminary runs, and only the most output-stable formulation was carried into the final experiments.
Summary
Before locking in the final experiments, the team ran ten different wordings of the same instruction and kept only the one that produced the most consistent results across runs. This matters because it means the final findings rest on a phrasing chosen for reliability, not accident, so the results aren't an artifact of an unlucky or unstable wording.