ML veteran Burkov: AI media covering 'shocking outputs' is like decoding a random number generator
burkov · x · 2026-09-18
Andriy Burkov mocks AI news outlets that report on models 'saying shocking things' or 'doing shocking things', comparing them to journalists covering a random number generator and treating sequences like '666' or '80085' as breaking news. His point: LLM outputs are probabilistic generations, and reporting randomness as revelation misleads the public.
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