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> I think you are confusing the spec as "this is how it must be built", as opposed to, "this is what the software must do and must not do to be acceptable". Yo
by lelanthran 6mo ago
> I think you are confusing the spec as "this is how it must be built", as opposed to, "this is what the software must do and must not do to be acceptable".
You can't enforce a "do not do this" to an LLM. Just putting it in the context by saying "don't do this" makes it more likely that it will eventually do that.
- jychang 6mo agoYes, I agree. If you tell humans "do not think of pink elephants", they are more likely to think about pink elephants. Therefore, you must not use humans for any important work.
- lelanthran 6mo ago> Yes, I agree. If you tell humans "do not think of pink elephants", they are more likely to think about pink elephants. > Therefore, you must not use humans for any important work. Counterpoint, all important work done in the history of humans were done by... humans, and yet I see no pink elephants created as a result of telling humans "do not think of pink elephants".
- jfreds 6mo agoI’ve seen loads of very bad/wrong code written by humans
- lelanthran 6mo ago> I’ve seen loads of very bad/wrong code written by humans Have you seen any pink elephants?
- jychang 6mo agoYes, I see them all the time when I drink lots of alcohol [1]. This is a common issue with humans called "hallucination" which proves that humans are unreliable. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_pink_elephants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_pink_elephants