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Re:Being confidently wrong is the only thing holding AI back by _flux on Friday August 22, 2025 @11:20AM (#44985700)
Indeed, arguing with LLM is good if you like arguing. For results it's not the way to go.

I think often it's not required to completely start over: just identify the part where it goes off the rails, and modify your prompt just before that point. But yeah, basically the same process.

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Re:Being confidently wrong is the only thing holding AI back by dingnuts on Friday August 22, 2025 @11:48AM (#44986030)
I don't know why this could be the case but I have absolutely gotten better results out of the bot after insulting it.
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Re:Being confidently wrong is the only thing holding AI back by vidarh on Friday August 22, 2025 @02:29PM (#44987991)
Sure, when working with tools - like Copilot for example - that lets you "restore" the conversation to a given point, that has pretty much the same effect. The key is to excise the "bad steps" from the conversation and figure out how to amend the next conversation steps so it doesn't veer off in the wrong direction.
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