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Will you be offended if an LLM told you the cold hard truth that you are wrong?

It's like if a calculator proved me wrong. I'm not offended by the calculator. I don't think anybody cares about empathy for an LLM.

Think about it thoroughly. If someone you knew called you an ass hole and it was the bloody truth, you'd be pissed. But I won't be pissed if an LLM told me the same thing. Wonder why.

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The LLMs I have interacted with are so sure of themselves until I provide evidence to the contrary. I won’t believe an LLM about my own shortcomings until it can provide evidence to the contrary. Without that evidence, it’s just an opinion.

I do get your point. I feel like the answer for LLMs is for them to be more socratic.

Like you won't believe an LLM, but that's not the point. The point is were you offended?

Not offended, but I would quite unhappy if a calculator called me an asshole because I disagree that 2+2=bobcat

You would have a personal problem with the LLM? Lies. I don’t believe you at all.

You’re a goddamn liar. And that’s the brutal truth.

Not offended. One of us is probably an LLM.

Yes, I am constantly offended that the LLM tells me I'm wrong with provably false facts. It's infuriating. I then tell it, "but your point 1 is false because X. Your point 2 is false beacuse Y, etc." And then it says "You're absolutely right to call me out on that" and then spends a page or two on why I'm correct that X disproves 1 and Y disproves 2. Then it does the same thing again in 3 more ways. Repeat

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