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by cwsx 59 days ago
I tell people to treat LLM's like a toddler (albeit a very capable toddler).

Do kids learn well when you only tell them what NOT to do? Of course not! You should be explaining how to do things correctly, and most importantly the WHY, as well as providing examples of both the "correct" and "incorrect" ways (also explaining why an example is incorrect).
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bostik 59 days ago
The best way to describe AI agents I've heard: treat them as hostages that will do anything to appease their captor.

They have a vast latent knowledge base, infinite patience and zero capacity for making personal judgement calls. You give one a goal and it will try to meet that goal.

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generic92034 59 days ago
> The best way to describe AI agents I've heard: treat them as hostages that will do anything to appease their captor.

A scary image, if we consider agents to develop anything like a conscience at some point in time. Of course, with the current approach they never might, but are we so sure?

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palmotea 59 days ago
> I tell people to treat LLM's like a toddler (albeit a very capable toddler).

Bbbbut a guy from Anthropic, just this last Friday, told me to think of Claude as my "brilliant coworker"! Are you telling me that's not true!?

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