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Basically every decision or summary I now ask "Help me understand better, please explain in plain-language with examples." Works with 5.6 sol also, when you're
by ArtRichards 1mo ago
Basically every decision or summary I now ask "Help me understand better, please explain in plain-language with examples."
Works with 5.6 sol also, when you're deep in the weeds. I rationalize this as the models attempting to compress as much into the fewest tokens, though the choice of words often doesn't make sense to me, going back to read the original after, its often there. It definitely feels like a different sort of 'Machine Language' though xD
- bartrab 1mo agoSame. I've also found asking for explanations in "layman's terms" has been helpful.
- ArtRichards 1mo agoYes but thanks to the soul or system or whatever (talk at the operator's level), 'layman' feels like it now tries to oversimplify!
- prymitive 1mo agoSounds like engagement KPIs are through the roof since 4.8
- wenc 1mo agoI do this in one word “eli5” (explain like I’m 5). It’s a Redditism that it understands. I also have a writing steering file that makes Opus’ writing less insufferable. Otherwise it’s really bad. I also have an interlocutor skill that makes it less epistemically arrogant (ie Less Wrong asshole tendencies). With this skill I can have a real discussion with it instead of it trying to one up me.
- Bluestein 1mo agoBelieve it or not I've had success with "ELI12".-
- samcollins 1mo agoSame. I once asked for ELI5 and it rewrote the report using dinosaurs and construction vehicles... I regularly find it helpful to say things like "Write with ELI10 clear sentences and established technical terminology (e.g. API)" or sometimes just "Write it like you are explaining to a colleague" works well.
- dluxem 1mo ago> I rationalize this as the models attempting to compress as much into the fewest tokens I'm not convinced about that. I just asked Opus to explain a bullet point from its research for me. The bullet point in fact had a 1-sentence explanation that was in a referenced article. What it gave me instead was 8 paragraphs and a table. Maybe it's my fault because I just asked it to "clarify point XYZ" instead of being more precise.
- mihaelm 1mo agoYes, you should've clarified all the things you don't want :D