They've simply run out of data to use to fabricate legitimate-looking guesses. They can't create anything that doesn't already exist.
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I probably disagree, but I don't want to criticize my interpretation of this sentence. Can you make your claim more precise?
Here are some possible claims and refutations:
- Claim: An LLM cannot output a true claim that it has not already seen. Refutation: LLMs have been shown to do logical reasoning.
- Claim: An LLM cannot incorporate data that it hasn't been presented with. Refutation: This is an unfair standard. All forms of intelligence have to sense data from the world somehow.