Comment by andrewstuart
14 days ago
Or when it asks you questions.
The only time an LLM should ask questions is to clarify information. A word processor doesn’t want to chit chat about what I’m writing about, nor should an LLM.
Unless it is specifically playing an interactive role of some sort like a virtual friend.
Like so many things, it depends on the context. You didn't want it to ask questions if you're asking a simple math problem or giving it punishing task like counting the R's in strawberry.
On the other hand, asking useful questions can help prevent hallucinations or clarify tasks. If you're going spawn off an hour long task, asking a few questions first can make a huge difference.
My initial reaction to this is typically negative too, but more than once, on a second thought, I found its question to be really good, leading me to actually think about the matter more deeply. So I'm growing to accept this.
ChatGPT is very casual with asking questions, and FRANKLY, I enjoy getting into a little bit of a daydream with it from time to time. It's taken the place of falling into a Wikipedia hole. Not sure if that's something that's good or bad.