Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by MarkusQ on Monday August 10, 2026 @03:32PM
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You can want your e-scooter to be a jet ski, but you'll wind up having issues when you try to use it as one. LLMs are _really good_ at pretending to be something they aren't, but not always so good at being that thing, so you should be careful what you ask for.
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At some level if it’s good enough at pretending what’s the difference?
The difference is what happens when you come to depend on it. Do you want your airplane to be flown by a pilot, or someone who's so good at talking like a pilot that they can fool almost everyone?
If they are only good at pretending to TALK like a pilot, then of course that is bad. However, if it is so good at pretending to BE a pilot that it can actually fly the plain really well, then that is good enough.
Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by MSFT_Edging on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @07:55AM
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He may be able to talk the talk, and walk the walk, but today's guest pilot has a crippling heroin addiction. Let's hope that auto-landing system works.
Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by frazzleberryman on Monday August 10, 2026 @05:35PM
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That’s the whole industry right now though isn’t it?
Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by keicjwdjwj on Monday August 10, 2026 @11:00PM
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Somewhere an Anthropocene investor just had the biggest most powerful erection ever reading your comment.
This is peak “I bought into their marketing spiel” vibes. Congratulations.
Depends how stubborn you are.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2018/january/biski-jet-s...