Structured Outputs Create False Confidence

Constrained decoding seems like the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it forces models to prioritize output conformance over output quality.

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I've had 'How much COโ‚‚ is in the atmosphere as a percentage?' twice in two days, first on the street (politely) and then online (followed by 'you fool').

I'm sad some people think it is a 'gotcha', so I made this.

0.043% (more importantly, 2 trillion tonnes) is actually... mind-blowing. A lot. Bigly huge.

#climatediary #climatepsych #climatechange #physics
#falseconfidence #pseudoscepticism

Googleโ€™s โ€œwhen was the Walkman inventedโ€ #iamaceleb #matthancock #falseconfidence