LLMs generate 'fluent nonsense' when reasoning outside their training zone

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VivaTechnics · 6h 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.

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LLMs generate 'fluent nonsense' when reasoning outside their training zone

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