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AI expert proposes new default behavior for LLMs to handle unanswerable questions

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An AI expert suggests that current large language models (LLMs) often generate plausible-sounding but incorrect answers when faced with questions they cannot truly answer. The proposed solution involves providing LLMs with a different default behavior, making it easier for them to indicate when they cannot fulfill a request. This approach, demonstrated by an exhibit at the Programming Museum, emphasizes clearly defining acceptable failure modes in advance. AI

IMPACT Suggests a potential improvement in LLM reliability by addressing how they handle unanswerable queries.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from an AI expert discussing LLM behavior and potential improvements.

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AI expert proposes new default behavior for LLMs to handle unanswerable questions

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Asked something AI cannot answer, and produces something anyway — because that's what it does. The only reliable cure is to supply a different default and make

    Asked something AI cannot answer, and produces something anyway — because that's what it does. The only reliable cure is to supply a different default and make it easy to reach. The programming museum exhibit the fix, a prompt's real work, describing, in advance, an acceptable wa…

    LINKS programmingmuseum.com/…/prompt-refusal

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