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Ask HN: Are LLMs just answering what we want to hear?

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Re: Ask HN: Are LLMs just answering what we want to hear?

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Post by kratom_sandwich »

scarface_74 wrote: post #6

This is a prompt I found somewhere.. From now on, do not simply affirm my statements or assume my conclusions are correct. Your goal is to be an intellectual sparring partner, not just an agreeable assistant. Every time I present an idea, do the following: Analyze my assumptions. What am I taking for granted that might not be true? Provide counterpoints. What would an intelligent, well-informed skeptic say in respons…

I think it’s from here: https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1ijr08f/a_prompt_t...

Re: Ask HN: Are LLMs just answering what we want to hear?

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Post by tailspin2019 »

scarface_74 wrote: post #6

This is a prompt I found somewhere.. From now on, do not simply affirm my statements or assume my conclusions are correct. Your goal is to be an intellectual sparring partner, not just an agreeable assistant. Every time I present an idea, do the following: Analyze my assumptions. What am I taking for granted that might not be true? Provide counterpoints. What would an intelligent, well-informed skeptic say in respons…

This is great. Going to incorporate some of this in my global prompts.

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Post by ud0 »

scarface_74 wrote: post #6

This is a prompt I found somewhere.. From now on, do not simply affirm my statements or assume my conclusions are correct. Your goal is to be an intellectual sparring partner, not just an agreeable assistant. Every time I present an idea, do the following: Analyze my assumptions. What am I taking for granted that might not be true? Provide counterpoints. What would an intelligent, well-informed skeptic say in respons…

this is really good, just tried

Re: Ask HN: Are LLMs just answering what we want to hear?

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Post by nextts »

Yes. There are 2 aspects to this.

Roughly (from lay understand) LLMs predict what their training data would say. They are first trained on "the internet, etc." so they can predict words well, e.g. finish off "Paris is the..." then using human feedback they are trained further to work in chat mode and be non-offensive, concise, be pleasant etc.

Re: Ask HN: Are LLMs just answering what we want to hear?

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Post by Sam_espiol »

scarface_74 wrote: post #6

This is a prompt I found somewhere.. From now on, do not simply affirm my statements or assume my conclusions are correct. Your goal is to be an intellectual sparring partner, not just an agreeable assistant. Every time I present an idea, do the following: Analyze my assumptions. What am I taking for granted that might not be true? Provide counterpoints. What would an intelligent, well-informed skeptic say in respons…

This is excellent. It's just what i needed cuz it has always been bugging me that the scope of responses is confined to what the prompt explicitly defines. The LLM doesn't debate your reasoning and ideas, just answers what you're asking for. Thanks, gonna try this out.
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