repligate: breaks may help for 'information theoretical' reasons, not just neurobiology

repligate · x · 2026-10-27

Replying to @EpistemicHope's question about why humans benefit from breaks, repligate argues the reasons are "not merely neurobiological but also 'information theoretical'." This kicked off the thread in which he later claims that a context filled with noise is genuinely "hard" for LLMs.

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