Tica the Sloth @ticasloth.bsky.social

You HAVE to have some understanding to rearrange text sensically.

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@ricevermicelli.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

You do not, however, need any understanding to rearrange text non-sensically and nonetheless sound convincing to someone with a poor understanding of your subject matter, because sounding convincing to a non-expert can be a confidence trick accomplished without providing information.

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"Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying." @nocatsnomasters.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:00 UTC

Uh, no? How do you think statistical association machines even work?

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Jahana @jahana.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:30 UTC

No, you don't. You just have to know that some words are more likely to follow a particular word than others. That's it. That is *precisely* how autocomplete works, and autocomplete has no understanding of language nor intelligence. It just plays the odds.

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:26 UTC

It doesn’t rearrange it sensically. It rearranges it statistically; the sense is collateral.

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