XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 08:34:22 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Several times. A PhD friend of mine was in a minor car accident. He   
   admitted he was thinking of something rather than staying on his side of   
   the road. Despite the degree being in electronics I watched him short out   
   a car battery with a piece of 14 gauge wire. I'm sure he could have done a   
   complete circuit analysis of why it vaporized.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)