I like the idea of asking someone to interview you. However I have found that I don’t get as much value from an agreeable Ai, I tell Ai to push back, shoot holes in my ideas. Telling me I’m amazing at each prompt turn makes me intellectually lazy. I want my therapist Ai to tell me I’m amazing and working hard, but not on my work.
I 100% agree. That's why, in the custom instructions for the persona, I deliberately assign a personality that is "high on openness and highly disagreeable."
Depending on the model, you may or may not need this. I found I really needed it with all the OpenAI models and Claude 3.5. However, I find myself needing it much less with Claude 4.0, and not at all with Gemini. Gemini is kind of an asshole - I never use her as a thinking partner.
I like the idea of asking someone to interview you. However I have found that I don’t get as much value from an agreeable Ai, I tell Ai to push back, shoot holes in my ideas. Telling me I’m amazing at each prompt turn makes me intellectually lazy. I want my therapist Ai to tell me I’m amazing and working hard, but not on my work.
Thoughts?
I 100% agree. That's why, in the custom instructions for the persona, I deliberately assign a personality that is "high on openness and highly disagreeable."
Depending on the model, you may or may not need this. I found I really needed it with all the OpenAI models and Claude 3.5. However, I find myself needing it much less with Claude 4.0, and not at all with Gemini. Gemini is kind of an asshole - I never use her as a thinking partner.
Gemini 😆