alt Hacker NewsWhat is tragic is that LLMs are learning how to use the word "cringe" improperly.
If we're going to have AI overlords, it'd be great if they spoke with proper grammar.
What is tragic is that LLMs are learning how to use the word "cringe" improperly.
If we're going to have AI overlords, it'd be great if they spoke with proper grammar.
> If we're going to have AI overlords, it'd be great if they spoke with proper grammar.
People like blurring the lines and lots of people want AIs to bang out keystrokes in an order that is roughly human-like, so here we are. (Personally, I would love if Claude said "honestly" or "real" or "landed" less. Or pretty much never! I've tried banning the words. I've tried providing a list of alternatives, and I'm enjoying nothing like Great Success.)
On the topic of "correct usage", until maybe ~3 years ago I had a pretty bog-standard understanding of what dictionaries do. They are authorities, right? Or at least experts in correct usage? That all changed when I read "Dictionary editors are historians of usage, not legislators of language." in "Disputing Definitions" by Yudkowsky : https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7X2j8HAkWdmMoS8PE/disputing-...
See also: "Finding the forgotten creators of the Oxford English Dictionary" on 1A, WAMU 88.5, March 26, 2026:
https://wamu.org/story/26/03/26/finding-the-forgotten-creato...
https://the1a.org/segments/finding-the-forgotten-creators-of... (has transcript)