LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick

Re:LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick by obsoleetorr on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:26AM (#46614823)

> After a while it will start going around in circles.

so like your average human

> FFS ask it to make an original joke, and be amused..

let's try this one on you - say an original joke

oh, right, you dont respond to strangers prompts, thus you have agency, unlike an LLM

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Re:LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick by qsera on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:53AM (#46615012)

>so like your average human

If an average human has seen and read all that is written till now, I bet that they can hold the conversation going for quite a long time...

>say an original joke

I asked an LLM if it had a good night with sweet dreams, It said, "I don't sleep and I only dream when I work!"

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