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xkcd #3229: Grammar

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Communication is one of the most popular ways to transmit information, ahead of rivals such as

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3229/

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[–] Mok98@feddit.it 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel quite partial towards EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE even if it's seldom used in this society

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Incidentally, there is a spectacular piano composition about it.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel stupid. Could someone please explain?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Concepts such as autocomplete, autocomplete on steroids (LLMs), and basic statistical methods (all of the most common characters first, so all of the letter E for a good long while) fall laughably short of actual human conversation.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I failed to understand the connection to LLMs. Thanks!

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't have anything to do with LLMs. Not everything is "AI bad!".

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How would you transmit information without communicating it? In some ways avoiding communication is a form of communication, along with the way you dress, your body language and EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Okay, thanks. This is where my brain was trying to go with this, but my stupid got in the way.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Consider yourselves lucky your language uses words