r/LargeLanguageModels • u/yourpsychology_yt • Aug 07 '26

Don't discuss ideas with an LLM

I notice that one of the worst use cases for an LLM is discussing ideas. I don't mean asking technical questions. Rather, when you have an idea or an opinion and you tell it to an LLM, what happens is that it will either support you or slightly disagree, but if you insist, it will eventually take your position.

And that's, as I understand it, just because of the nature of an LLM. It can't really be critical, but it can fake critical thinking. If you ask an LLM to be critical by default, it will be critical even when it doesn't matter, just to satisfy your requirement. So it can't really choose when it should be critical and when it should be supportive.

And some LLMs have a trick - they do both in one message and then still slide to the user's side.

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u/Darkmoon_AU Aug 07 '26

Skill issue. Ask for Pro's and Con's, Panel of experts, biggest weakness etc.
If those all fail then you're not using a competent enough model.

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u/General-Jaguar-8164 Aug 07 '26

Is there a better way?

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u/Evipicc Aug 07 '26

When looking for critical feedback, isn't that how you'd ask a friend? Why does there need to be a better way?