Signs you're an LLM retard: * You tell it that it's super smart and an expert in field X. * You tell it not to make mistakes. * You tell it not to hallucinate.

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Hoshi 2 months ago
what is wrong with 1? „You are an expert in medieval literature. Write a poem about bitcoin.“
An LLM is already an expert in whatever subjects it had been trained upon. Telling it to be an expert does nothing but burn tokens with a useless directive.
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someone 2 months ago
These prompts may still slightly change behavior. An LLM is loaded with all kinds of knowledge and behavior. It chooses what to do based on prompt.
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Hoshi 2 months ago
I’m not so sure. Most of the training is reproducing average quality content. I might save a tokens if I prompt: „write a really good poem about bitcoin in medieval style“
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Ohiokk 2 months ago
That’s just empirically false and has been proven false in numerous tests, is this bait to expose people who actually are good at LLMs?