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Comment by mahogany

The comment is making fun of a Claude-ism where it becomes super “honest” about stuff.

It’s a joke but there is an underlying real effect where this type of language is psychologically manipulative and I would guess makes people believe LLMs output more than if it didn’t use “honest” (or “load bearing” or whatever super serious important sounding word).

parent mahogany 3 months ago

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