The fix: restructure your examples as a list to complete — one-shot / few-shot prompting
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-10-24
Continuing his explanation of why models latch onto examples, Mitchell Hashimoto shared the workaround: restructure your examples as a list the system needs to complete — i.e. one-shot or few-shot prompting — if you're willing to do the extra work.
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