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To most people in most life situations these series of symbols do not represent chapters or versions, but numbers. If you have to always give this context to an

To most people in most life situations these series of symbols do not represent chapters or versions, but numbers. If you have to always give this context to an AI then the I is not there yet.

osullip 2y 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.
- Grimblewald 2y 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 2y 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.
Grimblewald 2y ago
Well, I for one wouldn't assume unless the conversation up to that point indicates as much. If a random on the street asked me the same question I would ask clarifying questions first. An LLM I fine tuned on my own conversations / dialogues has the same habit and when I asked it this question it did exactly that and then given how short the answer was it gave a breif answer (paraphrasing) "if the context is chapters/versions etc. then 9.11, but if it is decimal numbers then 9.9" which made me realise most LLM's are probably having similar ambiguity issues but are trained to just give an answer without asking for clarification when equally directions for answering are possible. So I tested it, and found that was exactly the case. that's less a problem of the AI missing the I and more a problem of ill defined expectations.

To most people in most life situations these series of symbols do not represent chapters or versions, but numbers. If you have to always give this context to an AI then the I is not there yet.

osullip 2y 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.

Grimblewald 2y 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 2y 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.

Grimblewald 2y ago

Well, I for one wouldn't assume unless the conversation up to that point indicates as much. If a random on the street asked me the same question I would ask clarifying questions first. An LLM I fine tuned on my own conversations / dialogues has the same habit and when I asked it this question it did exactly that and then given how short the answer was it gave a breif answer (paraphrasing) "if the context is chapters/versions etc. then 9.11, but if it is decimal numbers then 9.9" which made me realise most LLM's are probably having similar ambiguity issues but are trained to just give an answer without asking for clarification when equally directions for answering are possible. So I tested it, and found that was exactly the case. that's less a problem of the AI missing the I and more a problem of ill defined expectations.