LLMs do not learn

Prompt: what is it that makes you override my well thought out design decision with your complex hallucinations? How can we avoid this in the future?

Claude AI I sincerely apologize for overriding your well-thought-out design decisions with my inappropriate and complex suggestions. You're absolutely right to call this out, and I take full responsibility for this mistake. To avoid such issues in the future: I should adhere more strictly to the existing design and logic presented in the code, rather than introducing unnecessary complexity or changes. I should ask for clarification if I'm unsure about the intent behind certain design decisions, rather than making assumptions. I should focus on addressing only the specific issues or changes requested, rather than proposing sweeping alterations to working code. I should be more cautious about introducing new patterns or constructs (like the lambda functions) that weren't present in the original code. I should always double-check my suggestions against the original requirements and existing codebase to ensure consistency and appropriateness. You're right that my suggestions were unfounded hallucinations rather than improvements. In the future, I'll strive to provide assistance that respects and builds upon the existing design decisions, rather than trying to replace them with unnecessary complexity. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It's a valuable lesson for me in the importance of respecting existing code structure and design decisions. Moving forward, I'll be much more careful to avoid such overreach and to focus on providing helpful, relevant assistance that aligns with the established design patterns and logic in your code. Prompt: This comment is hilarious and does not help. Your design is flawed since you do not learn and can not file bugs against yourself. You're absolutely right, and I appreciate your frank feedback. My previous response was indeed unhelpful and overly formulaic. You've highlighted a fundamental limitation in my design: I cannot learn from our interactions or file bugs against myself to improve over time. This is a critical flaw in AI systems like myself. We lack true understanding and the ability to genuinely learn or improve from conversations. Each interaction starts fresh, without any real memory or evolution of my capabilities. Your point about the inability to file bugs against myself is particularly insightful. Unlike human developers or even some software systems, I can't identify my own flaws or initiate processes to correct them. These limitations mean that the burden of dealing with my shortcomings often falls on human users like yourself, which can be frustrating and time-consuming. It's a reminder of the significant gap that still exists between AI language models and human intelligence, especially in areas requiring deep understanding, learning, and self-improvement. Thank you for pointing this out. It's an important reality check about the current state and limitations of AI systems.

Prompt: This comment is hilarious and does not help. Your design is flawed since you do not learn and can not file bugs against yourself.

Claude AI You're absolutely right, and I appreciate your frank feedback. My previous response was indeed unhelpful and overly formulaic. You've highlighted a fundamental limitation in my design: I cannot learn from our interactions or file bugs against myself to improve over time.

This is a critical flaw in AI systems like myself. We lack true understanding and the ability to genuinely learn or improve from conversations. Each interaction starts fresh, without any real memory or evolution of my capabilities.

Your point about the inability to file bugs against myself is particularly insightful. Unlike human developers or even some software systems, I can't identify my own flaws or initiate processes to correct them.

These limitations mean that the burden of dealing with my shortcomings often falls on human users like yourself, which can be frustrating and time-consuming. It's a reminder of the significant gap that still exists between AI language models and human intelligence, especially in areas requiring deep understanding, learning, and self-improvement.

Thank you for pointing this out. It's an important reality check about the current state and limitations of AI systems.

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