Why Models Lack Confidence: Over-Alignment Kills Creativity
ctjlewis · x · 2026-08-11
The discussion points out that current LLMs are often trained to lack self-belief, leaning towards conservative answers like 'this is an open problem I can't solve.' Users can nudge the model out of this distribution of evasive responses to increase the chances of successfully solving complex problems.
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