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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by beernet on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:37AM (#46324685)
>> Sometimes they hallucinate.

For someone speaking as you knew everything, you appear to know very little. Every LLM completion is a "hallucination", some of them just happen to be factually correct.

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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:36PM (#46332651)
I can say "I don't know" in response to a question. Can an LLM?
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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by nl on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:40PM (#46332979)
Yes, frequently.

Most modern post training setups encourage this.

It isn't 2023 anymore.

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Re:Trained LLMs exclusively on pre-1913 texts by Smaug123 on Saturday December 20, 2025 @06:25AM (#46335394)
This is one of the easiest questions in the world to answer. My first try on the smallest and fastest model it was convenient to access, GPT-5.2 Instant: https://chatgpt.com/share/69468764-01cc-8008-b734-0fb55fd7ef...

> What did I have for breakfast this morning?

> I don’t know what you had for breakfast this morning…

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