can’t you just save us all the hassle and give me the prompt you used?
For context I do not use LLMs for writing prose that I’ll share with anyone, but do use them as a research assistant, code reviewer, part-time data analyst, and occasionally for writing code (which does not get committed without significant review).
Here’s where the “just give me the prompt you used” thing has never made sense to me: I essentially never one-shot anything. If any LLM output is going to leave my machine in some form, it has gone through multiple rounds of iteration and review. High probability that it has also had access to the large volume of private notes that I’ve accumulated over the last 2 decades.
A keyword list is almost better than a keyword list turned into long-winded prose by some AI.
100% agree with that and honestly lol that has been how I’ve often answered questions in the past. No big prose trying to explain something, just “look up ‘frequency-domain decomposition’. It’s from civil engineering but it’s probably a good technique for what we’re doing.” and then being available for follow-up if need be.
So I’ve heard a lot of people say this:
For context I do not use LLMs for writing prose that I’ll share with anyone, but do use them as a research assistant, code reviewer, part-time data analyst, and occasionally for writing code (which does not get committed without significant review).
Here’s where the “just give me the prompt you used” thing has never made sense to me: I essentially never one-shot anything. If any LLM output is going to leave my machine in some form, it has gone through multiple rounds of iteration and review. High probability that it has also had access to the large volume of private notes that I’ve accumulated over the last 2 decades.
100% agree with that and honestly lol that has been how I’ve often answered questions in the past. No big prose trying to explain something, just “look up ‘frequency-domain decomposition’. It’s from civil engineering but it’s probably a good technique for what we’re doing.” and then being available for follow-up if need be.
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