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  • jstanley25 minutes ago
    This post exhibits a specific LLM tell that I haven&#x27;t seen mentioned before. It&#x27;s the style where inanimate objects or concepts are treated as actors, using verbs as if they were actually the one doing something.<p>* bias compounds<p>* variance diffuses<p>* configs store parameters<p>* BF16 + RNE (6 bytes) plateaus<p>* errors repeat<p>* six bytes match ten<p>This sort of thing reads really well and conveys the idea in very few words. It&#x27;s good writing! But in my experience humans don&#x27;t generally &quot;let nouns verb&quot; as much as LLMs do, maybe we&#x27;re just not as clever with words.
    • ForceBru5 minutes ago
      LLM tell? Inanimate objects and concepts are treated as actors all the time: the series converges, the function reaches its maximum, the sun shines, the wind blows, history repeats itself, words rhyme, interest compounds, etc.<p>What&#x27;s wrong with &quot;configs store parameters&quot;? I guess &quot;parameters are stored in configs&quot; could be more correct, but IMO it means exactly the same thing and sounds just as natural. &quot;Six bytes match ten&quot; is shorthand for &quot;the performance of the algorithm that uses six bytes of storage matches the performance of the algorithm that uses ten bytes of storage&quot;. But here we have &quot;performance matches&quot;, which is an inanimate concept doing something, so is this an LLM smell too?
  • ongy1 hour ago
    Gotta admit, I was expecting some hiring&#x2F;Social biases topic.<p>This was quite interesting though. Surprised to see it work so well on a real example.