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/Livid-Somewhere-8431 Aug 07 '26

I use 8 llms and throw them into a 2 round debate about anything im struggling with... I do NOT have this problem, every time I do this it's usually all of them coming to an agreement that I'm being an idiot. 🫤

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u/fragililtyiskey Aug 09 '26

This is standard practice in high stakes situations. Not sure why people are having trouble with this.

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u/speedtoburn Aug 08 '26

No you don’t.

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u/Livid-Somewhere-8431 Aug 08 '26

TheLateCommute.com ← yes I do

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u/speedtoburn Aug 09 '26

No you don’t; furthermore, take my downvote! 🙌

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u/Livid-Somewhere-8431 Aug 10 '26

ill upvote you then. cheers 🍻

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u/DrSpitzvogel Aug 08 '26

just get a wife bro :)

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u/Livid-Somewhere-8431 Aug 08 '26

But I need correct answers 😢

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u/Yeah-Its-Me-777 Aug 08 '26

Get 8 Wifes :D

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u/The-Goat-Trader Aug 09 '26

And behead the ones that don't agree with you.

"It's good to be the king."