Re:Reviews have become expensive, rewrites have become cheap
by ben_w on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:46AM
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> - Once a bad path is sufficiently taken, it tends to be a lot more likely to continue.
no they demonstrably self correct with injected bad tokens
> - If a model refuses your request, do not argue with the refusal; edit your original message or otherwise regenerate -- the presence of refusal tells the model it should continue refusing.
wish i could do that with humans :P
> - It's rude to push unreviewed model outputs onto others.
Yes but that's not why.
Same real-world advice applies to stuff random fresh graduates make. I remember being one of those.
no they demonstrably self correct with injected bad tokens
> - If a model refuses your request, do not argue with the refusal; edit your original message or otherwise regenerate -- the presence of refusal tells the model it should continue refusing.
wish i could do that with humans :P
> - It's rude to push unreviewed model outputs onto others.
Yes but that's not why.
Same real-world advice applies to stuff random fresh graduates make. I remember being one of those.
The incompetence is why.