Comment by famouswaffles

>Yeah - you might want to check what you actually typed there.

That's what you typed in your comment. Go check. I just figured it was intentional since surprise is the first thing you expect humans to show in response to it.

>Not sure what you're trying to prove by doing it yourself though. Have you heard of random sampling? Never mind ...

I guess you fancy yourself a genius who knows all about LLMs now, but sampling wouldn't matter here. Your whole point was that it happens because of a fundamental limitation on the part of LLMs that causes them unable to do it. Even one contrary response, never mind multiple would be enough. After all, some humans would simply say 'mat'.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter. Completing 'mat' doesn't have anything to do with a lack of understanding. It's just the default 'assumption' that it's a completion that is being sought.