Duncan Davidson @duncan.dev · Oct 6 There is no seahorse emoji. But GPT-5, Claude, and most other LLMs are absolutely convinced there is—and will confidently try to give you one if you ask.
1 likes 1 replies
?
Replies
It’s a fascinating example of how LLMs generate what *ought* to exist rather than what *does* exist. Pattern matching, not truth retrieval. Theia Vogel has a great deep-dive on why this happens: vgel.me/posts/seahor...