I appreciated Lukas‘ comment as I had the same reaction. The idea somebody would utter this sentence and not cringe about having said something so obviously wrongheaded feels very off. I think adding something like „Hey, this specific claim would be almost shockingly surprising for my current models /gesturing at the reason why/“ is a useful promp/invitation for further discussion and not unkind or uncurios.
I appreciated Lukas‘ comment as I had the same reaction. The idea somebody would utter this sentence and not cringe about having said something so obviously wrongheaded feels very off. I think adding something like „Hey, this specific claim would be almost shockingly surprising for my current models /gesturing at the reason why/“ is a useful promp/invitation for further discussion and not unkind or uncurios.