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Ask HN: Does Claude use 'prior' in a Bayesian sense more than English?

Just an observation. When asked to summarize articles, or extract insights, I see the word 'prior' being used a lot more by Claude than usual English language writing (Journalistic essence). And it's clearly using it in a Bayesian sense, because it's always mentioning things like 'Updating priors', 'the prior doesn't hold', etc.

Probably something I noticed after reading the 'goblin' and 'gremlin' article.


nivertecha day ago

AI talk is turning into Silicon Valley pseudo-math slang. Priors, exponentials, latent space

You get lines like “no priors” or “embracing exponentials” that sound smart but mostly signal status

Same move as N Taleb and “convexity.” A real idea turned into a generic intellectual flex

bjourne2 days ago

Probably? Reinforcement learning creates bots with specific styles. For example, ChatGPT is very fond of "typically", "unpack this", and "if you want".

ex-aws-dude2 days ago

Once again a post with literally 3 points and 2 hours old is the top of /ask

Why is the HN algorithm such ass, can we talk about that?

pbkompasz2 days ago

Well it did have Claude both in the title and the description...

sovenyr2 days ago

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unchainedsky90a day ago

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yankohr2 days ago

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jdlshore2 days ago

What does this have to do with the question OP is asking?

redrove2 days ago

Nothing, but he got to plug his vibe coded startup that he advertises in the about section.

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