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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

What was that?

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Andrew Smith's avatar

This sequel practically writes itself.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

A pet peeve of mine is the overuse of "What is the meaning of this?" to demand answers in stories. When I saw yet another author using it on Substack, I retorted by putting up the online definition of "this".

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Ha! People don't stop to consider what this really means.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

They don't understand that these words and phrases have both literal and figurative meanings; they may know one but not the other. A phrase like "Pay Attention" for example, can mean either "listen carefully" or giving Attention some money...

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Andrew Smith's avatar

The "Pay Attention" phrase factors in heavily, early in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vgDpI8kU98

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Daniel Nest's avatar

This is all way too confusing.

But that's just how it is, then, you know?

The.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

It's, like, that.

And: like this.

And, like, that. And, uh.

https://youtu.be/8GliyDgAGQI

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

That first goat pic is the saddest thing you’ve ever generated :’(

I was just reading Daniel’s latest on voiceAI and this/these language complexities is what makes natural language processing amazing - understand what the humans mean is magic.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

It is magic, and I feel like a wizard every day! I mean, when I don't feel like a chump or clown or whatever... technology can do both to me theses days.

I'll make happier goats next week!

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Andrew Smith's avatar

It does feel this way.

"Sleeve of wizard."

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