Hi! LLMs can’t search the web, btw! That’d be absurd. They’re simply next-token-predictors. Any attempt to search the web is a hallucination. It’s insane that this even has to be said.
@splitbycomma (posted 2026-08-02) asserts LLMs cannot search the web and calls…
Brief
Author @splitbycomma (2026-08-02) insists LLMs do not and cannot perform web searches, framing that capability as absurd; they argue models are fundamentally next-token predictors and characterize any apparent web-search behavior as a hallucination, emphasizing incredulity that this needs reiteration.
Why it matters
@splitbycomma (posted 2026-08-02) asserts LLMs cannot search the web and calls the idea "absurd.
Key details
- They claim LLMs are "simply next-token-predictors" and say any attempt by an LLM to search the web is a hallucination