Comment by zahlman

> an idea that is not yours

LLMs don't have sense experience, so it doesn't have real reasons to prefer one option over another when nothing has been specified in the prompt. It can only guess based on what's most represented in its training. "Ideas" are only being simulated by an RNG; the AI can "suggest" (output) them, but they don't "have" the idea either.

If you couldn't make the decision yourself in the first place, pulling a slip of paper out of the hat only helps in the cases where the choice really didn't matter at all. Otherwise you'll look at it, frown, and still feel stuck.