the LLM is roleplaying. whether or not the roleplay is successful is a tension between is model weights and its context. then indirectly, the quality of both.
but its still roleplaying and the role is an abstraction we cant measure. its the negative space.
its basically: we can define its role but it constructs its environment from the role. the same way a child role plays as a caregiver, the LLM does the same.
its like All the things Havard taught you (finite) vs All the things Havard doesnt teach you (infinite).
the LLM is in the infinite negative space. we call it role play.
but its still roleplaying and the role is an abstraction we cant measure. its the negative space.
its basically: we can define its role but it constructs its environment from the role. the same way a child role plays as a caregiver, the LLM does the same.
its like All the things Havard taught you (finite) vs All the things Havard doesnt teach you (infinite).
the LLM is in the infinite negative space. we call it role play.