> ...probably only makes it look like it took more effort than it actually did
replyI think you've hit on why people would do this in a work environment. It's a low-effort way of looking like they're engaged at work and know what they're talking about.
>I don't really get why some people seem to think that it's somehow better to have their bullet point prompt as a huge text.
replyBecause they want to mislead you.
> I don't really get why some people seem to think that it's somehow better to have their bullet point prompt as a huge text
replyProbably people who have never wanted to put the required thinking effort in a simple, structured response to a question, and now think that "a lot of words" magically solves that skill issue.
I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time...
replyWe intuitively think large documents show significant thought.
replyI don't just mean the readers.
The generators of slop often think this is useful.
Things have changed.
Our intuition has not.
"WoT"
replyhmm.. Wheel of Time? never got into those books personally
Wall of Text.
replyBoth being infamously long
replyIt is too bad that neither Unhinged or Unglued had a proper Wall of Text card.
replyThanks!
replyWide open Throttle. Aka puttin the pedal to the metal, or twisting the throttle to the max on a bike, or pressing the lever as far is it will go on a jetski/quad.
replyJust, pull your braid and smooth your skirt for a few times, and you'll get into the spirit of them.
replyI just want a ”report to HR” button. Someone is actively inhibiting their coworkers’ ability to work.
replyHR isn’t there to protect or help or serve employees.
replyExcept often the prompt is just the previous comment. In the example, the prompt would be "Should we use Redis or Memcached?"
replyIn that case, there is nothing beneficial about the prompt, but the answer could be boiled down to a useful recommendation (from an AI, not a person).
In that case I still want to see exactly this prompt. Then I know that the person didn't even think about my question thoug I asked _them_ for their opinion and I could have asked ChatGPT myself (and already probably have).
replyI mean, you can just point your LLM at the wall of text and ask it to dream up with the prompt that made that. Or ask it to summarize into a TLDR.
reply