Inam Franco
Inam Franco

@inamfranco67@mastodon.social

Pretending to be good when ever you're not.

August 24, 2025

”The ability of LLMs to produce “fluent nonsense”—plausible but logically flawed reasoning chains—can be more deceptive and damaging than an outright incorrect answer, as it projects a false aura of dependability. Sufficient auditing from domain experts is indispensable.
…the core issue…[is] the model’s lack of abstract reasoning capability.”
—C. Zhao, Z. Tan, P. Ma, D. Li, B. Jiang, Y. Wang, Y. Yang and H. Liu, Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage?
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.01191

Why is writing so difficult?

Overcoming writer's block and fighting inner demons Inner demons 101 Why are you telling us this? Writing as identity negotiation: This is why it is so difficult! Things that have helped me Fun Fact Overcoming writer's block and fighting inner demons Why is writing so difficult? We sometimes make the mistake to think about the next journal article in terms of mechanics: a careful construction of academic papers, a simple following of…

nathalietasler.blog/2025/08/13

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