LLMs generate slop because they avoid surprises by design
LLMs suck at comedy, art, journalism, research, and science for the same fundamental reasonHave you ever asked an LLM to tell you a joke? They’re rarely funny at all; they never make you actually laugh.There’s a deep reason for this, and I think it has serious implications for the limitations of LLMs, not just in comedy, but in art, journalism, research, and science.Jokes are surprising, but inevitable in hindsightIf you had to explain the idea of “jokes” to a space alien with no understanding o...
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