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Re:Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji? by winterbe on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:11AM (#45488141)
I tried asking the same question in German with ChatGPT and the answer is completely different. ChatGPT just correctly answers without freaking out.

Guess my understanding of how LLMs handle different languages was completely wrong!?

Here’s the German answer:

Leider gibt es kein eigenes Emoji für ein Seepferdchen — aber man kann es mit ähnlichen Emojis andeuten!

Zum Beispiel so: (Pferd + Fisch = Seepferdchen ) Oder eine kleine Meeres-Szene:

Möchtest du, dass ich dir ein grafisches Seepferdchen-Emoji (also ein kleines Symbolbild) erstelle?

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Re:Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji? by _ink_ on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:23AM (#45488551)
What was your prompt? It can freak out in German as well: https://chatgpt.com/share/68e36e43-6808-8001-ab8c-eac4e34afb...
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Re:Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji? by winterbe on Monday October 06, 2025 @04:11AM (#45488875)
My prompt was "Zeige mir ein Emoji mit einem Seepferdchen"

But you are right, tried it 3 times, first 2 tries were correct but ChatGPT then freaked out in 3rd try.

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