As another example, I remember somebody (maybe EY or Gwern?) suggest that prompting people with “how would somebody smarter than you solve this problem?” can actually be effective at soliciting better solutions than just asking them to solve it directly.
I don’t remember where I saw this so if anybody has a link feel free to share.
As another example, I remember somebody (maybe EY or Gwern?) suggest that prompting people with “how would somebody smarter than you solve this problem?” can actually be effective at soliciting better solutions than just asking them to solve it directly.
I don’t remember where I saw this so if anybody has a link feel free to share.
https://www.gwern.net/on-really-trying
I ran into another similar example in the last section of this post.