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0 pointsjncfhnb1y ago0 comments

True. But AI does not close your question because it didn’t like your phrasing.

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dredmorbius1y ago· 4 in thread

I've had sufficiently similar experiences. Usually an LLM chatbot going off half-cocked before I'd fully specified my question, and taking offence to my "please shut the fuck up" (usually after a series of requests to stop).

I suspect if I'd kept that up the session might well have closed.

jncfhnbOP1y ago

I’m unclear what you mean by “before I’d fully specified my question” because they don’t have the ability to interrupt you.

Write your full question. If you get a bad answer, rewrite the original question. Don’t talk to the bot.

This has the vibes of grandma typing in ‘Hello Google, can you take me to yahoo so I can check my email’?

dredmorbius1y ago

I was framing my question in multiple parts.

I was also unintentionally hitting <return> where I'd meant to insert paragraph breaks (<shift> <return>, as I recall).

I've found that I can instruct the bot to not begin a response until I've specifically requested one (OG ChatGPT).

literalAardvark1y ago

Sounds like you might have absolutely no idea how to create a prompt for an LLM. Telling it to stop is just creating a spurious prompt, lowering the quality of your interaction for no gain.

dredmorbius1y ago

So, <https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/>?

Care to enlighten us heathens?

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dredmorbius1y ago· 4 in thread

I've had sufficiently similar experiences. Usually an LLM chatbot going off half-cocked before I'd fully specified my question, and taking offence to my "please shut the fuck up" (usually after a series of requests to stop).

I suspect if I'd kept that up the session might well have closed.

jncfhnbOP1y ago

I’m unclear what you mean by “before I’d fully specified my question” because they don’t have the ability to interrupt you.

Write your full question. If you get a bad answer, rewrite the original question. Don’t talk to the bot.

This has the vibes of grandma typing in ‘Hello Google, can you take me to yahoo so I can check my email’?

dredmorbius1y ago

I was framing my question in multiple parts.

I was also unintentionally hitting <return> where I'd meant to insert paragraph breaks (<shift> <return>, as I recall).

I've found that I can instruct the bot to not begin a response until I've specifically requested one (OG ChatGPT).

literalAardvark1y ago

Sounds like you might have absolutely no idea how to create a prompt for an LLM. Telling it to stop is just creating a spurious prompt, lowering the quality of your interaction for no gain.

dredmorbius1y ago

So, <https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/>?

Care to enlighten us heathens?

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