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Erik | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @70512795 @3bda71f9 @58587491 oh my fucking god that's the generative text stuff ChatGPT runs on

I know everyone is using it but it hurts my linguist heart to see one of the core activities of human functioning be outsourced to garbage protocols
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Joe Dowland | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @99b9ed46 @3bda71f9 @58587491 I'm genuinely curious, did you not know what LLMs are before that toot?
I thought you were being smug or sarcastic
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Erik | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @70512795 @3bda71f9 @58587491 no I genuinely did not know
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Joe Dowland | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @99b9ed46 @3bda71f9 @58587491 ok. My apologies if I came across at condescending or anything there, then
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Erik | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @70512795 @3bda71f9 @58587491 no worries, I know the OG mastopeeps are 99% programmers and such. I studied historical linguistics and my interest revolve around that, painting plastic dolls with punch daggers and humans in general. Plus I'll ask if I need to know.