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> please restate what i'm asking you to do and why it's important" This doesn't actually do anything though, right? There's no understanding, so the machine wi
by butlike 9d ago
> please restate what i'm asking you to do and why it's important"
This doesn't actually do anything though, right? There's no understanding, so the machine will just reiterate the original token query back to you. The 'why it's important' part will just generate some patronizing boilerplate as a raison d'etre.
- Filligree 9d agoThe purpose of a prompt like that is to have it rephrase it in its own words, so you can spot any misunderstandings and correct them. If you're of the belief that this is a contradiction in terms, then what can I say? It works.
- johannes1234321 9d agoBut it doesn't "understand" these words any better. When transforming into code it may reinterpret yet again.
- Dylan16807 9d agoIf it can rephrase once it's less likely to screw up the second rephrasing into code. Whether or not we want to use the term "understand".
- withinboredom 9d agoIf by "understand" you mean to put the hidden state of the transformer into the desired topological basins. Yes, it does "understand" them better.
- cruffle_duffle 9d agoFor one thing, it helps clarify my own thinking and uncover any gaps. For two, it lets me peek into its own understanding of the problem and ensure we are both aligned. For three, the garbage I spew at it is usually hastily typed crap from a mobile phone. So it helps clean it up and unpacks things. It’s one one the main ways I know what’s cooking under the hood. Ps: I used to have to say “in your own words” to make it work right but now days that isn’t required. Other times I’ll add “make sure to ground yourself before doing so” or something to encourage it to load the right shit into its context be it web, files, service calls, whatever. I’ll also some times add “why it’s important (or isn’t, push back if I’m talking nonsense)”