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Re:Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? by throwanem on Thursday September 12, 2024 @01:25PM (#41523223)
Not OP, but much writing advice with which I'm familiar, and my own experience, both suggest these are symptoms of an error made earlier and not yet recognized.

If I can't figure out where the plot could possibly go from here, go back and look for where I sent it off the rails earlier such that there's nowhere to take it now; if I can't find dialogue or action that fits, go back and find where I put the character in a situation they'd never get themselves in, or miswrote them to respond to it in a way they never would. Stuff like that, especially once it's had you stuck too long for inspiration latency still to be tenable as the cause.

Re:Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? by marmaduke on Thursday September 12, 2024 @02:16PM (#41523840)
Yep and in general I think the matrix got it right

when discussing Trinity and Neo's visions, the Oracle states: "We can never see past the choices we don't understand".

Re:Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? by throwanem on Thursday September 12, 2024 @05:40PM (#41525868)
Or have yet to realize that we made, yeah.
Re:Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? by roninorder on Thursday September 12, 2024 @02:39PM (#41524087)
Good advice, thanks!