Harvard Proved Emotions Don't Make AI Smarter — That's Exactly Why You Need Soul Spec

The Myth Dies Hard "I'll tip you $200 if you get this right." "This is really important to my career." "I'm so frustrated - please help me." If you've spent any time on AI Twitter, you've seen people swear that emotional prompting makes LLMs perform better. A few anecdotal successes became gospel. The technique spread. Now Harvard has the data. It doesn't work.