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1. walrus01 · 1785887768 · focus · HN ↗

   I wish that "small" LLMs would stop being confidently very incorrect. Admittedly this is a bit of an intentionally esoteric test, but the confident way in which it presents a totally incorrect answer is a bit concerning.

   "please write 250 words on the etymology and history of the word schlong"

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   The actual origin of the word is from middle high German and Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jewish communities.

   For comparison qwen 3.6 35B A3B does perfect on this and will give a solid description of the word&#x27;s real origins and how it has made it into casual profanity&#x2F;vulgarity as used in US English, and even mentions specific stand-up comedians and famous public figures of specific ethnic&#x2F;religious origin in the US NE who introduced it into wider use.

   Ask it for something that&#x27;s not a narrow niche scientific or technical field, but something that would be less common to make it into a 20B size model, and see just how it does.

   chat test link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chat.deepgrove.ai&#x2F;">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chat.deepgrove.ai&#x2F;

   1. getpokedagain · 1785897463 · focus · HN ↗

      The schlong test is nearly as funny as drawing shit on bicycles test

      1. walrus01 · 1785897557 · focus · HN ↗

         I&#x27;ve also been asking LLMs to draw SVGs of literal pelican cases and the results can be more amusing than pelicans on bicycles. You can get pelican cases with cameras, firearms, long cases, square cases, cases that look nothing like pelicans (but more like Zero Halliburton aluminum briefcases), etc. You also get cases that are open or closed depending on the whims of the LLM.

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