by Vivi Andersson, Benoit Baudry, Sofia Bobadilla, Ludvig Christensen, Serena Cofano, Khashayar Etemadi, Raphina Liu, Martin Monperrus, Frank Reyes García, Javier Ron Arteaga, Aman Sharma, Deepika Tiwari and Tim Toady
Abstract:
WE PRESENT THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE CRITICAL YET OVERLOOKED ROLE OF UPPERCASE TEXT IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. DESPITE CONSTITUTING A MERE SINGLE-DIGIT PERCENTAGE OF STANDARD ENGLISH PROSE, UPPERCASE LETTERS HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE POWER IN HUMAN-AI INTERACTIONS. THROUGH RIGOROUS EXPERIMENTATION INVOLVING SHOUTING AT VARIOUS LANGUAGE MODELS, WE DEMONSTRATE THAT UPPERCASE IS NOT MERELY A STYLISTIC CHOICE BUT A FUNDAMENTAL TOOL FOR AI COMMUNICATION. OUR RESULTS REVEAL THAT UPPERCASE TEXT SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES COMMAND AUTHORITY, CODE GENERATION QUALITY, AND – MOST CRUCIALLY – THE AI’S ABILITY TO CREATE APPROPRIATE CAT PICTURES. THIS PAPER DEFINITIVELY PROVES THAT IN THE REALM OF HUMAN-AI INTERACTION, BIGGER LETTERS == BETTER RESULTS. OUR FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE CAPS-LOCK KEY MAY BE THE MOST UNDERUTILIZED RESOURCE IN MODERN AI.
Reference:
UPPERCASE IS ALL YOU NEED (Vivi Andersson, Benoit Baudry, Sofia Bobadilla, Ludvig Christensen, Serena Cofano, Khashayar Etemadi, Raphina Liu, Martin Monperrus, Frank Reyes García, Javier Ron Arteaga, Aman Sharma, Deepika Tiwari and Tim Toady), In :, 2025.
Bibtex Entry:
@inproceedings{Andersson1954037,
author = {Andersson, Vivi and Baudry, Benoit and Bobadilla, Sofia and Christensen, Ludvig and Cofano, Serena and Etemadi, Khashayar and Liu, Raphina and Monperrus, Martin and Reyes García, Frank and Ron Arteaga, Javier and Sharma, Aman and Tiwari, Deepika and Toady, Tim},
booktitle = { : },
institution = {KTH, Software and Computer systems, SCS},
title = {UPPERCASE IS ALL YOU NEED},
year = {2025},
url = {https://www.monperrus.net/martin/SIGBOVIK2025.pdf},
}