"You can do better than that" remains an unreasonably effective follow-up prompt
paul_cal · x · 2026-09-26
paulcal observes that "you can do better than that" — an almost contentless follow-up prompt — is still unreasonably effective at pushing models to improve output. He admits he expected this blunt nudge to stop working by now, yet it still does, highlighting a counterintuitive quirk in how models respond to vague pressure.
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