You have to stop thinking about it as a computer and think about it as a human.

If, in the context of cooperating together, you say "should I go ahead?" and they just say "no" with nothing else, most people would not interpret that as "don't go ahead". They would interpret that as an unusual break in the rhythm of work.

If you wanted them to not do it, you would say something more like "no no, wait, don't do it yet, I want to do this other thing first".

A plain "no" is not one of the expected answers, so when you encounter it, you're more likely to try to read between the lines rather than take it at face value. It might read more like sarcasm.

Now, if you encountered an LLM that did not understand sarcasm, would you see that as a bug or a feature?

> If, in the context of cooperating together, you say "should I go ahead?" and they just say "no" with nothing else, most people would not interpret that as "don't go ahead".

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> If, in the context of cooperating together, you say "should I go ahead?" and they just say "no" with nothing else, most people would not interpret that as "don't go ahead"

This most definitely does not match my expectations, experience, or my way of working, whether I'm the one saying no, or being told no.

Asking for clarification might follow, but assuming the no doesn't actually mean no and doing it anyway? Absolutely not.

Seeing as you’re telling people what to do, I’d say you need to spend time with different humans. Recalibrate.