One of those words that Claude taught me

Same. Over relied on and far less clear than alternatives 99% of the time. Claude is a shitty English writer that is only tolerated for it’s coding ability.

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TeMPOraL a day ago | parent [-]

Nah, "provenance" is a good word to know. Plain English version would be, "what colour are your bits?".

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nonethewiser a day ago | parent [-]

Good word to know, yes. Best word to use, no.

If you know “origin” or “source” and those words suffice, using a word that means the same thing but you don’t know is strictly worse for communication.

So if Claude is writing a novel, maybe provenance is the best word to use at times. If its a codebase README or variable name, its usually not.

	▲	cromka 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		LLMs haven't mastered the use of regular language that is the background of a jargon. Source and origin are exactly the word you'd use in IT.