Evolution of "Neuralese": from latent-space reasoning to <think> tags
CFGeek · x · 2026-08-19
Observes the evolution of the term "Neuralese": originally referring to wordless high-dimensional vectors for latent-space reasoning; later stretched to mean inscrutable text tokens within <think/> tags; now sometimes used to describe how Fable uses English in a weird way. Reflects the generalization of community terminology.
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