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hmokiguessyesterday at 9:04 PM3 repliesview on HN

To me the only acceptable answer would be “what do you mean?” or “can you clarify?” if we were to take the question seriously to begin with. People don’t intentionally communicate with riddles and subliminal messages unless they have some hidden agenda.


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pikeryesterday at 9:07 PM

Thing is, it's not a riddle or a subliminal message. Everything needed to answer the question is contained therein.

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felix089yesterday at 9:12 PM

If you were forced to answer either or, which one would you pick? I think that's where the interesting dynamic comes from. Most humans would pick drive, also seen in the human control, even if it is lower that I thought it'd be

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streetfighter64yesterday at 9:15 PM

How is that a "subliminal message"? It's just a simple example of common sense, which LLMs fail because they can't reason, not because they are "overthinking". If somebody asks, "What's 2+2?", they might be insulting you, but that doesn't mean the answer is anything other than 4.

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