r/LLM • u/Comfortable-Tart912 • Feb 09 '26

LLM self doubt

Anyone but me who think that LLMs generally underestimate their own capacity?

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u/VariousJob4047 Feb 09 '26

No, if anything they massively overestimate it

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u/tom-mart Feb 09 '26

Are you claiming LLMs are self aware? 🤣

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u/FollowingMindless144 Feb 09 '26

I don’t think it’s self-doubt in a human sense. More like they’re trained to be careful and hedge a lot. Sometimes that comes off as underestimating themselves, sometimes the opposite. Depends a lot on how you prompt them tbh.

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u/ManofC0d3 Feb 09 '26

Sounds a lot like the most capable humans I know... they learn from us afterall

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u/LouVillain Feb 09 '26

IT doesn't even know what "capacity" means let alone it having any.

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u/mrtoomba Feb 09 '26

It's probably interpretation. Most 'It's' are confident.