Noah Luttinger (NLW)

And so something that I very frequently do is force the model to recognize that based on what we're discussing, there are divergent paths and it needs to pick and argue for one.

A very frequent prompt that I have is to force it to pick a single choice among many and argue vociferously why that is the best choice.

Now, by the way, there are still some ways to take advantage of AI's ability to reason through lots of scenarios.

For example, sometimes if I'm engaged in a strategic discussion with an LLM, I'll ask it to steel man the two or three arguments that we're discussing.

In other words, make the strongest, most compelling argument it possibly can for that scenario or that option.

And then after it has done that,

after it has put itself in the position of having to make the best argument it possibly can for each of the different options, to then actually decide and commit to one.

For whatever reason, that two-step process seems to get better results for me, particularly around those strategic conversations.

And while mostly this comes up for me in the context of those strategy conversations, I think that it's also going to apply to writing as well.

One of the things that makes writing strong is the simple clarity of what it's trying to argue.

You all remember, if you are of the right age, I'm sure, the five-paragraph essay, the first paragraph which has your thesis statement and then three paragraphs to support and then the conclusion.

Part of why that was gospel for so long is that it's making sure that the job of the essay is one clear communication.

Unfortunately, AI's tendency to wander and equivocate can negatively impact its writing output as well.

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