You can absolutely ask ChatGPT to ask clarifying questions before answering. In fact, that is a perfectly reasonable approach and one I do frequently. But the appeal of a separate local model is that it creates a dedicated, distraction-free layer in the workflow. You could even have it ask the questions while you're offline and then take the final prompt to ChatGPT once you're back on WiFi. Instead of immediately jumping to a solution, the process forces you to slow down, add context and improve the request before it reaches the AI doing the heavy lifting.
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