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daveguy • yesterday at 8:39 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

FYI, AI isn't fond of a goddamn thing. They have token prediction quirks that don't follow typical English.

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ben_w • yesterday at 10:09 PM

Few ever cared. Find one non-pedant who would object to the personification that follows:

  "The evening settled over the city, drawing the light out of the streets one corner at a time. Windows blinked awake with lamplight, and the wind moved through the alleys restlessly, leaves brushing against walls before gathering themselves along the pavement. In the distance, the river kept its steady argument with the stone embankments. When the night pressed in, the weather became increasingly angry, until it was a raging storm."
In the affective sense, evenings don't settle, and street lights are not drawn out, windows don't blink, and wind isn't restless. Weather can neither be angry, nor rage.

But such personification is a natural part of how the English speak.

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sawjet • yesterday at 9:42 PM

Personification is a figure of speech. What you say is technically correct but we don't need to declare this every time humans discuss how LLMs work.