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foobarbecuetoday at 4:15 AM2 repliesview on HN

By "decompress," "eliminate deictic language," etc. are you trying to say "speak simply and clearly?"

Eschew obfuscation...


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Mumpstoday at 12:18 PM

What's the problem with "eliminate deictic language" ?

It is clear, specific, and terse. It keeps both llm tokens down and human prose-reading to a minimum.

zqnatoday at 8:47 AM

This must be the reason why LLMs speak that way. They naturally reflect human tendency to signal smartness, while effectively achieving the opposite.