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0 pointsEnsorceled1mo ago0 comments

> If I wanted to read what an LLM thinks, I could just ask it.

and

> Or do I want an insightful, well-thought-out response, even if it is LLM-enhanced?

What is the difference? What's the line between these two?

The prompt: "Analyze <opinion> and respond" is pretty clearly "I would just ask it." and, the prompt: "here's my comment, please ONLY the check the grammar and spelling" would probably be ok.

What about prompt:"I disagree with using LLMs for commenting at all for <reasons>. Please expound on this and provide references and examples". That would explode the word count for this site.

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GMoromisato1mo ago

What about:

1. "Here is my answer to a comment. Give me the strongest argument against it."

2. "I think xyz. What are some arguments for and against that I may not have thought of."

3. "Is it defensible for me to say that xyz happened because of abc?"

All of these would help me to think through an issue. Is there a difference between asking a friend the above vs. an LLM? Do we care about provenance or do we care about quality?

verdverm1mo ago

The difference is in the journey to find the answer, rather than outsourcing it to man or machine. Spending more time reflecting before first post will often answer the easy questions so you can formulate more thoughtful questions.

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