Could forcing models to start with "I don't know, let's find out" curb hallucinations?
233C · reddit · 2026-10-10
A Reddit user proposes an experiment: just as "answer step by step" spawned chain-of-thought, could forcing models to begin answers with "I don't know, let's find out" systematically reduce hallucination rates? The hypothesis: starting from an assumption of ignorance rather than "I know the answer, here's something that looks like it." No empirical validation yet — an open discussion question.
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