Green apples are delicious — two three-line exchanges

A philosophical analysis of ambiguous language in short exchanges reveals that the same sentence, 'Green apples are delicious,' can carry different intended meanings depending on context, leading to misunderstandings. The author argues that this ambiguity is structurally identical to vulnerabilities in programs and large language models, linking jailbreaks and bugs to fundamental issues in language comprehension.

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.