Not just imprinted with the engrams of any one person (however brilliant they might be) — it’s more than that! Like all great writing, it’s more like it’s been imbued with patterns, patterns that are peppered with a potpourri of popular ways of writing in an enthusiastic style while regularly restating things and recapitulating them. Would you like me to explain more?
Felt more ChatGPT that Claude
I would like to know more. (Wait, I'm mixing my memes)
You're going to hell for that bit.
yes continue
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Potpourri is an excellent word to describe LLM output
I love that description. It matches very well what I feel about LLM output. This overly sweet scented smell meant to cover up something nasty, with a strong artificial tint to it.
Which doesn't say that much about the LLM itself but about the people that make the training material.