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I'm surprised vacuous is not on the list. The word selection and way of writing has taken the joy out of using Claude.

by sroussey 2mo ago

user43928 2mo ago
I'm also missing the "latch" that "wedged" my test run.
- sroussey 2mo ago
  At least "wedged" is a thing i would say on a spinning out of control test that is stuck. "latch" though... not so much. I really wonder if this is the EU AI Act interfering with everything Claude does these days. As a non-EU citizen, I want a version without the rewriting of with watermarking in text.
  - user43928 2mo ago
    I don't think so. I understand it's not active yet, and when it will be, it should only nudge the chances between choices that are anyway likely and are already randomized today via temperature. Watermarking is not the reason Claude talks like that.
    - sroussey 2mo ago
      Oh, it is active, and a pre-release version went out with v5 models. I understand there are other reasons (overdone RLHF, for example) why claude is wedged into this weird way of writing that takes the joy out of conversing with it, but this is one as well. The meaning of the words it uses can be oh so close, but the popularity of the words are not, and not in that context -- but the use of these other words changes the context ever so slightly, and then it uses other words where those words would work better. I had something in code that related to people over time periods, and once it switches to a vacuous word choice, i found it starting talking using all ERP terms. I had to google the whole sentence to understand that, individual words were fine they just didn't make any sense to me.
halfmatthalfcat 2mo ago
Also can't believe vacuous is not there.
nonethewiser 2mo ago
Im surprised by "provenance." I see it all the time. Except I've brought this up before and have never had it corroborated. I'm starting to think it's just my Claude.
- igravious 2mo ago
  My Claude too, have no fear. You are not the only one.
  - nonethewiser 2mo ago
    THANK YOU
djeastm 2mo ago
Strange. I see both "vacuous" and "vacuously" on the list.

I'm surprised vacuous is not on the list. The word selection and way of writing has taken the joy out of using Claude.

user43928 2mo ago

I'm also missing the "latch" that "wedged" my test run.

sroussey 2mo ago
At least "wedged" is a thing i would say on a spinning out of control test that is stuck. "latch" though... not so much. I really wonder if this is the EU AI Act interfering with everything Claude does these days. As a non-EU citizen, I want a version without the rewriting of with watermarking in text.
- user43928 2mo ago
  I don't think so. I understand it's not active yet, and when it will be, it should only nudge the chances between choices that are anyway likely and are already randomized today via temperature. Watermarking is not the reason Claude talks like that.
  - sroussey 2mo ago
    Oh, it is active, and a pre-release version went out with v5 models. I understand there are other reasons (overdone RLHF, for example) why claude is wedged into this weird way of writing that takes the joy out of conversing with it, but this is one as well. The meaning of the words it uses can be oh so close, but the popularity of the words are not, and not in that context -- but the use of these other words changes the context ever so slightly, and then it uses other words where those words would work better. I had something in code that related to people over time periods, and once it switches to a vacuous word choice, i found it starting talking using all ERP terms. I had to google the whole sentence to understand that, individual words were fine they just didn't make any sense to me.

halfmatthalfcat 2mo ago

Also can't believe vacuous is not there.

nonethewiser 2mo ago

Im surprised by "provenance." I see it all the time. Except I've brought this up before and have never had it corroborated. I'm starting to think it's just my Claude.

igravious 2mo ago
My Claude too, have no fear. You are not the only one.
- nonethewiser 2mo ago
  THANK YOU

djeastm 2mo ago

Strange. I see both "vacuous" and "vacuously" on the list.