# Green apples are delicious — two three-line exchanges

> Source: <https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gnbmp4B7ZKjmuMGmJ/green-apples-are-delicious-two-three-line-exchanges>
> Published: 2026-07-27 17:37:54+00:00

Read this short exchange.

A: "Green apples are delicious."

B: "Huh? Aren't they better when they're ripe?"

A: "No, I meant Granny Smiths."

A said "Green apples" intending Granny Smiths — and of course A thought it would be understood that way.

But that "claim" never reached B.

So — where was it lost?

Now, the next one.

A: "Green apples are delicious."

B: "Huh? Aren't they better when they're ripe?"

A: "No, I like green, sour apples."

The same sentence — "Green apples are delicious" — now comes from a different "claim."

So: did the sentence "Green apples are delicious" ever contain a "claim" in the first place?

Isn't this the same root as jailbreaks, bugs, and misunderstanding?

Here is that consideration: [That the vulnerabilities of programs, LLMs, and language are one structure](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17M2chhyXKiLgtuPqA2hgNqMK__E75G-m/view)

*Translated from the Japanese with LLM assistance.*