[infinite-hugs]

I’ll add this here for the fake internet points but also as a general PSA. Most people are not aware that “Brainstorming” although popularized as a process since its origins in the 1960s… is actually Step 2. Most people are unaware that Step 1 is called “Questionstorming”. At the heart of the process is leveraging divergent and convergent modes of thinking which is done both to generate questions (and select the most promising ones) and answers… you’re welcome :D

[gavanwilhite]

Fantastic context. I love hourglass shaped brainstorming, and the “questions” prompt is a solid one!

[sitkack]

With LLMs, having questions is more important than having answers. When you run out of questions, the exploration stops.

[nathanasmith]

I just keep prompting with "continue" when that happens.

[sitkack]

"continue" is now the most important word in the english language right after "No" right now.

This causes the LLM to orbit around some point in the latent space, but doesn't cause it to explore. You have to tell it to pick a direction and there is no better direction than a question.