Humans can be committed to their utterances, but LLMs can't be.

· Bits and Bobs 7/20/26
  • Humans can be committed to their utterances, but LLMs can't be.
    • LLMs are fundamentally incapable of commitment.
      • After the conversation, they're gone![d]
    • Commitment requires you to be in the world.
      • To be able to be jailed if you do something bad.
      • To have to compete on your time with limited resources.
    • If you have infinite ability, if you don't have to choose or commit, then it's hard to pin you down.
    • Accountability is linked to identity.
      • That the one who made the commitment is the same one who will deal with the consequences of that commitment.
    • Corporations are ships of Theseus.
      • The employees can come or go and it's the same entity.
      • Legally , the same tax ID number.
    • An ID gives you a granulation point other things can attach to.
    • LLMs want the upside of identity but not the downside of responsibility.

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