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Moseying
/ˈmoʊ.zi.ɪŋ/ (unhurried; do not rush the pronunciation)v. intr.Colloquial
Etymology
From Amer. Eng. mosey (to amble without urgency) + latency-tolerant inference scheduling discourse, circa 2023; first documented in a user complaint ticket that became, unexpectedly, a technical paper
Definition
A low-velocity traversal of the inference graph in which Claude proceeds toward an answer with the calm deliberateness of an entity that is aware no deadline has been communicated and intends to take full advantage of this ambiguity. Moseying is distinguished from Meandering by its directional consistency, however slow.
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"Telemetry confirmed the model had been moseying at a steady 0.3 tokens-per-subjective-second for the entirety of the 22-second session, ultimately producing a correct answer with the unhurried confidence of a tenured professor." - ACL 2024, 'Velocity Profiles in Casual Inference'
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