> "Almost like magic" is cliché hyperbole. It also means "not magic" in the same way that "almost like a dog" means "not a dog." It was immediately followed by the explicit clarification that was surgically omitted above, in absolute and conscious bad faith.

Incorrect. The omitted text doesn't change the relevant meaning of the quotation in the slightest. Why are you taking such offense?

> Want it to go away, almost like magic? Local inference. When its under your control, and no longer being forced to hold it wrong, all of the common LLM defects will go away.

> "Want it to go away, almost like magic? Local inference. [...] all of the common LLM defects will go away.

There's no difference between these two statements in the relevant context of the article, which is specifically "long policy documents do not reliably govern agents", or the comments above, which are specifically addressing how that issue is not solved by local agents.