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Saying No Three Times

August 21, 2026

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The hardest part of working with a capable model is not getting it to do the work. It is telling it no while it is confident, then telling it no again, and again, and being right all three times. If you have not been living inside the thing, that is almost impossible to do. This is what it actually sounds like.

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Value-First AI Daily - Aug 19, 2026

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