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>> Language models like Claude aren't programmed directly by humans—instead, they‘re trained on large amounts of data.

Gee, I wonder where this data comes from.

Let's think about this step by step.

So, what do we know? Language models like Claud are not programmed directly.

Wait, does that mean they are programmed indirectly?

If so, by whom?

Aha, I got it. They are not programmed, directly or indirectly. They are trained on large amounts of data.

But that is the question, right? Where does all that data come from?

Hm, let me think about it.

Oh hang on I got it!

Language models are trained on data.

But they are language models so the data is language.

Aha! And who generates language?

Humans! Humans generate language!

I got it! Language models are trained on language data generated by humans!

Wait, does that mean that language models like Claud are indirectly programmed by humans?

That's it! Language models like Claude aren't programmed directly by humans because they are indirectly programmed by humans when they are trained on large amounts of language data generated by humans!



I'm struggling to see the point here other than semantics. Indirectly or directly, does this change what they presented?


This exchange looks like the output of a so-called "reasoning model". Maybe it is a joke or maybe it is an actual response from an LLM.


[Final Answer]

Language models like Claude are programmed directly by humans.


This comment looks like the thinking tokens of a reasoning model with "be cheeky" as its system prompt


> That's it! Language models like Claude aren't programmed directly by humans because they are indirectly programmed by humans when they are trained on large amounts of language data generated by humans!

... and having large numbers of humans reinforce the applicability ("correctness"), or lack thereof, of generated responses over time.




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