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One of my saved memories is to always give shorter "chat like" concise to the point answers and give further description if prompted to only

• glenneroo 11mo ago
  I've read from several supposed AI prompt-masters that this actually reduces output quality. I can't speak to the validity of these claims though.
  • SquareWheel 11mo ago
    Forcing shorter answers will definitely reduce their quality. Every token an LLM generates is like a little bit of extra thinking time. Sometimes it needs to work up to an answer. If you end a response too quickly, such as by demanding one-word answers, it's much more likely to produce hallucinations.
    • profunctor 11mo ago
      Is this proven?
      • abustamam 11mo ago
        It's certainly true anecdotally. I've seen it personally plenty of times and I've seen it reported plenty of times.
      • holbrad 11mo ago
        I know Andrej Karpathy mentions it in his youtube series so there's a good chance of it being true.