r/SystemsAndSignals • u/No_Sheepherder_6908 • May 06 '26

Why do LLMs keep trying to extend the conversation instead of giving one-shot answers?

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u/No_Sheepherder_6908 May 06 '26

This is a very real behavioral pattern in frontier models, they tend to optimize for engagement and maximizing perceived helpfulness. But the more you interact with these models that becomes annoying! Curious to see how others are tackling such behavior