Last activity 3 months agoPosted Aug 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM EDT
Llms Generate 'fluent Nonsense' When Reasoning Outside Their Training Zone
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LLMs generate 'fluent nonsense' when reasoning outside their training zone, highlighting limitations in AI models.
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3 months ago
LLMs operate on numbers; LLMs are trained on massive numerical vectors. Therefore, every request is simply a numerical transformation, approximating learned patterns; without proper trainings, their output could be completely irrational.
3 months ago
I mean, define 'reasoning'.
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