XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 03/01/2026 01:03, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 19:58:48 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 02/01/2026 19:46, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> At least with a classifier it's easy to see a problem if it calls a   
   >>> Great Dane a horse but LLM fantasies tend to get accepted as facts.   
   >>   
   >> To a young child, if its got 4 legs and fur, its a 'doggie'.   
   >   
   > To an even younger child it's close to a Ding an sich. 'Doggie' already is   
   > a departure from immediate reality. Mommy intrudes and says 'No it is a   
   > cat.'  Later Mommy adds the concept of 'two cats' and we're off to the   
   > races. Eventually the kid gets a PhD in math and lives in a completely   
   > abstract world unable to make a pot of coffee.   
      
   Oh, you met him?   
      
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