<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Last night:]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Last night: </p><p>3.5-year-old Kiddo is visiting with her responsible adults -- let's call them Kim and Sandy. We are sitting at the dinner table and I am occupying the seat that Sandy was using the previous night. Kiddo points at the seat and says: "Not Sandy".</p><p>Perfect opportunity to test semantic abilities of Kiddo, including reference, inference and negation, plus the presence of a consistent belief system. I lie through my teeth:</p><p>Me: But I am Sandy!<br />Kid (laughing loudly): Nooooo!<br />Me: What do you mean? Sandy is wearing a blue jumper and I have a blue jumper on. That proves I am Sandy.<br />Kid: No, you're Aurelie.<br />Me: Why am I not Sandy?<br />Kid: Sandy long hair.</p><p>So Kiddo can name (Aurelie, Sandy). Kiddo can do complex inference: if X has Z and Y has Z, nothing follows, but if X has Z and Y does not have Z, then X cannot be Y (blue jumper vs. long hair). Kiddo can process sentential negation ("Why is X not Y"). Kiddo will refuse to do belief update when that update would send her belief system into an inconsistent state. </p><p>In contrast, I suppose this is what would have happened with a language model:</p><p>LM: I see that you are occupying Sandy's seat.<br />Me: Well, I am Sandy.<br />LM: Oh, I thought you were Aurelie.<br />Me: No, I am Sandy. Sandy is wearing a blue jumper and I have a blue jumper on.<br />LM: I am ever so sorry. Thank you for pointing out my mistake. You are of course Sandy.<br />Me: Why shouldn't I be Sandy?<br />LM: Sandy is wearing a blue jumper.</p><p><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f476.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--baby" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👶" alt="👶" /> vs <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f916.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--robot_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤖" alt="🤖" /> .<br /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f476.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--baby" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👶" alt="👶" /> wins. Any time.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dac2ac5a-e52e-4220-a480-1b26e817050c/last-night</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:13:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dac2ac5a-e52e-4220-a480-1b26e817050c.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:13:38 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>