This post exhibits a specific LLM tell that I haven't seen mentioned before. It's the style where inanimate objects or concepts are treated as actors, using verbs as if they were actually the one doing something.
* bias compounds
* variance diffuses
* configs store parameters
* BF16 + RNE (6 bytes) plateaus
* errors repeat
* six bytes match ten
This sort of thing reads really well and conveys the idea in very few words. It's good writing! But in my experience humans don't generally "let nouns verb" as much as LLMs do, maybe we're just not as clever with words.
LLM tell? Inanimate objects and concepts are treated as actors all the time: the series converges, the function reaches its maximum, the sun shines, the wind blows, history repeats itself, words rhyme, interest compounds, etc.
What's wrong with "configs store parameters"? I guess "parameters are stored in configs" could be more correct, but IMO it means exactly the same thing and sounds just as natural. "Six bytes match ten" is shorthand for "the performance of the algorithm that uses six bytes of storage matches the performance of the algorithm that uses ten bytes of storage". But here we have "performance matches", which is an inanimate concept doing something, so is this an LLM smell too?
This post exhibits a specific LLM tell that I haven't seen mentioned before. It's the style where inanimate objects or concepts are treated as actors, using verbs as if they were actually the one doing something.
* bias compounds
* variance diffuses
* configs store parameters
* BF16 + RNE (6 bytes) plateaus
* errors repeat
* six bytes match ten
This sort of thing reads really well and conveys the idea in very few words. It's good writing! But in my experience humans don't generally "let nouns verb" as much as LLMs do, maybe we're just not as clever with words.
LLM tell? Inanimate objects and concepts are treated as actors all the time: the series converges, the function reaches its maximum, the sun shines, the wind blows, history repeats itself, words rhyme, interest compounds, etc.
What's wrong with "configs store parameters"? I guess "parameters are stored in configs" could be more correct, but IMO it means exactly the same thing and sounds just as natural. "Six bytes match ten" is shorthand for "the performance of the algorithm that uses six bytes of storage matches the performance of the algorithm that uses ten bytes of storage". But here we have "performance matches", which is an inanimate concept doing something, so is this an LLM smell too?
This feels very much like dithering. I am no expert by far, so I'm likely missing something.
Gotta admit, I was expecting some hiring/Social biases topic.
This was quite interesting though. Surprised to see it work so well on a real example.