Comment by danudey
18 hours ago
It should also not glaze you up for every question you ask.
"Is it possible that you could microwave a bagel so hot that it turned into a wormhole allowing faster-than-light travel?" "That's a great question, let's dive into that!"
It's not a great question, it's an asinine question. LLMs should be answering the question, not acting like they're afraid to hurt your feelings by contradicting you. Of course, if they did that then all these tech bros wouldn't be so enamored with the idea as a result of finally having someone that validates their uneducated questions or assumptions.
I, for one, would love to know where the exact breakdown between “microwave a bagel” and “faster-than-light-travel” occurs such that it wouldn’t be possible. In certain situations, I could absolutely see myself saying “that’s a great question!”
Not everyone is the same, some questions are pertinent, or funny, or interesting to some people but not others
Every question is a great question to the current offerings.
Personally, I'm prone to just hit close when these things go off on how smart I am and few people would catch that error/ask that question. It's just gross but it's so central to their reinforcement they won't reliably cut it out even if asked.
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