Why do LLMs always end replies with a question? Reddit users suspect engagement tuning
TaurusGold · reddit · 2026-11-15
A Reddit user notes that older LLMs never asked follow-up questions unprompted, while today's models almost always end replies with a question to prolong dialogue. Speculation: is this engagement-driven RLHF tuning, free data collection, or user profiling?
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