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osullip | 1 year ago

Or they could be dates.

Context is key. Using LLMs has taught me I often assume everyone has the same context as me when I ask a question.

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Grimblewald|1 year ago

Same for me, it has also made me a much better communicator, because I have learned that while I often assume everyone has the context I have, this is too often not the case and becomes the basis of most of the miscommunication issues / conflicts that I encounter. Another issue is a miss-match in the precise definitions of words I have learned over time vs what others have learned. It is honestly a marvel that LLM's could learn to plausibly reproduce human communication as well as they have given how utterly insane it is that we even manage to communicate effectively among one another in the first place.

j45|1 year ago

Clarifying context before communicating or reviewing something is critical.

Especially since GPT-4o has become an over-exuberant and eager intern with a bias towards action to solve.

It needs reminders every 2-3 messages to not jump to solutions until the problem has been defined and potential approaches beyond the one it wants to spin it's propellor on. Statistically this approach must work for a good chunk of the prompts and queries and I assume my need otherwise may not be the common sie.