[flkiwi]

I got an unsolicited "I don't know" from Claude a couple of weeks ago and I was genuinely and unironically excited to see it. Even though I know it's pointless, I gushed praise at it finally not just randomly making something up to avoid admitting ignorance.

[AstroBen]

Big question is where is that coming from. Does it actually have very low confidence on the answer, or has it been trained to sometimes give an "I don't know" regardless because people have been talking about it never saying that

[flkiwi]

As soon as I start having anxiety about that, I try to remember that the same is true of any human person I deal with and I can just default back to a trust but verify stance.