Unpopular Opinion
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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I've used LLMs to have conversations about technical topics I'm not familiar with. I ask it how something works, it answers, and then I ask several follow-up questions to clarify various things I'm interested in.
Usually, I have some ideas how to implement a particular theory or technology, and I bounce those ideas off the LLM. Some times, my ideas have already been invented about 100 years ago, some times my ideas are impractical, and the LLM tells me exactly why they would or wouldn't work.
I'm also using a custom agent that has been specifically tailored for this purpose. Normal LLMs are far to supportive, lack critical thinking, do not challenge my ideas etc. so that's why I had to make my own agent prompt.
Anyway, I think this system works well for me. This way I've been able to dive deeper into all sorts of random topics, such as why coco powder doesn't mix with milk, why a battery bank shows confusing state of charge readings, how fluid coupling is used in heavy machinery etc. Fascinating stuff. It's a bit like watching a custom documentary made just for my odd interests.
If had to read about these things in magazines or books, I would not have been able to dive as deep as fast. On the other hand, books also give you a general overview, and they include details that I may not be interested in, so I would either end up reading stuff I don't care about or just skimming those parts. In the latter case, I would end up spending hours looking for the information I care about, not finding it, and walking away with less information.