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The reason we're being kept around still is that you can solve the problem without it ever appearing in your training set, and once you have, it has.


Hints of The Nine Billion Names of God for sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God


Oh wow - Unsong [1] must have taken some inspiration from that. Into the queue it goes!

[1] https://unsongbook.com/


Allow me to offer you this twitter thread:

https://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1607895175799373830


What is that exactly? The site doesn't say.


A work of online serial fiction by blogger Scott Alexander, formerly of Slate Star Codex, now of Astral Codex Ten.

Goodreads has a decent intro blurb: https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/28589297-unsong

If you're unsure whether his writing style is your thing, feel free to sample his shorter fiction from his blog:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-dee...

https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/21/universal-love-said-th...

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/idol-words


Thanks. The goodreads blurb makes me think it's something like Salmon Rushdie or a Kevin Smith (with less toilet humor) take on things.


A short film adaptation released a year ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtvS9UXTsPI




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