That's bothered me to no end: it's a machine that follows rules for the probabilistic arrangement of series of symbols, in response to symbols: it's nothing but stochastic syntax-formation throughout the entire process. There's no semantics! It's Searle's Chinese Room throughout the whole process!
An LLM response that is factually incorrect has exactly the same validity, in the machine's programming, as one that is factually correct. There is no contextual correction mechanism in an LLM, because an LLM *does not actually understand what words mean*.
I have lost count of how many people (including people both older and younger than me) I’ve talked to about LLMs who did not know they are capable of making stuff up.
“hallucinating” is an industry term to get people to skip over it because they don’t know it means “making stuff up.”
“hallucinating” is an industry term to get people to skip over it because they don’t know it means “making stuff up.”
November 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
That's bothered me to no end: it's a machine that follows rules for the probabilistic arrangement of series of symbols, in response to symbols: it's nothing but stochastic syntax-formation throughout the entire process. There's no semantics! It's Searle's Chinese Room throughout the whole process!
Really semantics-mogged that guy, stay lexicon-maxxing 💪🏻💪🏻
October 28, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Really semantics-mogged that guy, stay lexicon-maxxing 💪🏻💪🏻
and a coinbase exec tried to argue semantics with you on main about what a federal contractor means
October 30, 2026 at 9:43 PM
and a coinbase exec tried to argue semantics with you on main about what a federal contractor means
October 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
dw they use reference semantics
October 31, 2026 at 5:42 PM
dw they use reference semantics
Wow— Ken! A whole 60 days?! Goody gumdrops for you!
Oh— and he wasn’t ’just a child predator’~ So much for Semantics again.
Oh— and he wasn’t ’just a child predator’~ So much for Semantics again.
November 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Wow— Ken! A whole 60 days?! Goody gumdrops for you!
Oh— and he wasn’t ’just a child predator’~ So much for Semantics again.
Oh— and he wasn’t ’just a child predator’~ So much for Semantics again.
November 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The goal of all of this hair-splitting and semantics is to browbeat you into accepting, "... and therefore, the denial of political, civil, citizenship rights and basic self-determination to the Palestinian people is just and necessary." And you don't have to be that type of sucker. It's not hard.
November 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The goal of all of this hair-splitting and semantics is to browbeat you into accepting, "... and therefore, the denial of political, civil, citizenship rights and basic self-determination to the Palestinian people is just and necessary." And you don't have to be that type of sucker. It's not hard.
nevermind this would change the semantics of an xrpc too much :(
November 1, 2026 at 6:53 AM
nevermind this would change the semantics of an xrpc too much :(
I guess that's semantics but both duration and style made it more akin to military occupation
November 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I guess that's semantics but both duration and style made it more akin to military occupation
Can we cease the semantics game please. The citizen Robert Francis Prevost is voting. Your last sentence is catnip for the clowns who will argue Mr. Francis, a US citizen, should not vote.
October 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Can we cease the semantics game please. The citizen Robert Francis Prevost is voting. Your last sentence is catnip for the clowns who will argue Mr. Francis, a US citizen, should not vote.
you're not arguing from a legitimate moral position, so you can go fuck yourself on semantics.
November 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
you're not arguing from a legitimate moral position, so you can go fuck yourself on semantics.
Reyes: So let me understand now, what DOJ is telling me, for the first time. You are telling me that Trump ordered DOI, via Truth Social post, to close the park on Nov. 15.
(honestly, I'm getting confused in all the arguing about semantics)
(honestly, I'm getting confused in all the arguing about semantics)
October 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Reyes: So let me understand now, what DOJ is telling me, for the first time. You are telling me that Trump ordered DOI, via Truth Social post, to close the park on Nov. 15.
(honestly, I'm getting confused in all the arguing about semantics)
(honestly, I'm getting confused in all the arguing about semantics)
don't hop in my menchies to lecture me about semantics if your last 5 posts are about deep depression, don't focus on me, focus on you
November 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
don't hop in my menchies to lecture me about semantics if your last 5 posts are about deep depression, don't focus on me, focus on you
Semantics, the argument still stand.
November 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Semantics, the argument still stand.
yup, syntactic disagreements between parsers are where parse tree differential attacks come from
notably this can happen before semantics even comes into the picture
notably this can happen before semantics even comes into the picture
November 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
yup, syntactic disagreements between parsers are where parse tree differential attacks come from
notably this can happen before semantics even comes into the picture
notably this can happen before semantics even comes into the picture
"eve" (Germanic *ēbanþs/*ēbund-) appears to be some sort of -nt-derivative of the epi/ob/by preposition, but the semantics are hard to explain
November 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
"eve" (Germanic *ēbanþs/*ēbund-) appears to be some sort of -nt-derivative of the epi/ob/by preposition, but the semantics are hard to explain
Semantics, she’s a persona non grata
November 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Semantics, she’s a persona non grata
"in where" don't get hung up on semantics
November 3, 2026 at 6:48 AM
"in where" don't get hung up on semantics
Germany is just having a bit of a mope about semantics.
It is happening regardless.
It is happening regardless.
October 30, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Germany is just having a bit of a mope about semantics.
It is happening regardless.
It is happening regardless.
It's all just semantics. The collaboration is still moving forward.
October 31, 2026 at 12:10 AM
It's all just semantics. The collaboration is still moving forward.
Semantics, but he is registered to New Lenox, IL.. not Chicago
October 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Semantics, but he is registered to New Lenox, IL.. not Chicago
other kids are loudly arguing over the semantics of what "some" candy means for how much to take and every kid is a lawyer
a kid just shouted "bye mr door" after he picked up some candy and I love that
November 1, 2026 at 3:46 AM
other kids are loudly arguing over the semantics of what "some" candy means for how much to take and every kid is a lawyer
Maybe it’s semantics, but the thing I’m doing with Umineko isn’t even notes, it’s more like journaling or something
November 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Maybe it’s semantics, but the thing I’m doing with Umineko isn’t even notes, it’s more like journaling or something
Bisexual erasure isn't just semantics.
October 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Bisexual erasure isn't just semantics.