Published on December 16, 2025 1:02 AM GMTThere seem to be common patterns of how LLMs write text that’s shared by the LLMs of different companies and where the language patterns the LLM uses are different from usual human writing. How much do we know about why LLMs pick certain patterns? Do we know why they use “It’s not a(n) X, it’s a Y? If not, maybe understand why they pick patterns like it can make us better understand how LLMs are reasoning?Discuss Read More
Why do LLMs so often say “It’s not a(n) X, it’s a Y”?
Published on December 16, 2025 1:02 AM GMTThere seem to be common patterns of how LLMs write text that’s shared by the LLMs of different companies and where the language patterns the LLM uses are different from usual human writing. How much do we know about why LLMs pick certain patterns? Do we know why they use “It’s not a(n) X, it’s a Y? If not, maybe understand why they pick patterns like it can make us better understand how LLMs are reasoning?Discuss Read More
