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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I used to work for a guy who was never wrong. He didn’t talk much, but when he said something, it was always correct. He still hedged a lot, so he would say “I’m not sure you’re right; I think the answer might be X.” What that meant was “You are certainly wrong and the only reasonable answer is X.”

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dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s me in person. Online I’m more likely to offer an opinion on a subject, with a caveat that I’m willing to be corrected. In person, if I speak up, it’s because I am either 100% correct, or I have every reason to believe I am. I don’t open my trap unless I am positive I know the answer.

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- deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I don’t open my trap unless I am positive I know the answer.
  
  This is is a remarkably valuable skill, and remarkably rare.
  
  I’ll stay quiet even in that case if it looks like the answer’s close to the surface of the conversation anyway.
  
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peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s bullshit.

If I was completely certain of something, I would say so.

In most scenarios, if I’m wrong, I lacked pieces of information. It doesn’t really matter how strongly I feel I am right if I’m wrong. It certainly doesn’t matter how often I am right, because I could get it wrong.

In particular if there is a chunk of knowledge where I don’t know how much information I am lacking, that’s the worst outcome. I could be so extremely wrong that it requires more time than waiting to confirm whether or I am.

It’s very rude and condescending of management and clients to always be so critical of my “confidence.” It has nothing to do with how “confident” I am in an solution.

I get paid to be right. So I will be right a lot. It isn’t a magical he’s usually right so he’s right this time. If that is what is expected of me, us LLMs.

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