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let me make sure I understand.
you're saying that LLMs average words, and because it averages words, it can consistently return mathematically accurate averages based on empirical data that was provided to it. does that sum it up?
Are you actually reading my comments? I am categorically NOT saying anything about mathematical averages, as I have said repeatedly. I am saying that what LLMs do is produce something that is akin to a mathematical average, when applied to text. It produces a "most likely" text output. That is all.
The word "average" does not always apply to numbers. You might, in some contexts, describe an "average" response to a survey - e.g. an opinion that would be considered the norm based on that survey. That is what I am describing. Average, as in "typical or usual."