Reusing perfectly ordinary words to try to make things sound cooler than they are is something computer folk have been doing for decades.

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Dolly Parton was a true inspiration and a class act. Her life was defined not only by music but service to others. After my Conference speech in 2019, I was honoured to receive a wonderful book from Dolly herself. Fan for life! Rest in peace, Dolly. Your legacy lives on.

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Devastated, but incredibly touched at seeing the bereft trying to be all the good things she encouraged and wanted in the world youtu.be/teQr9-3thSc

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Wearing my "want some Actual Intelligence with your AI?" hoodie to hear @doctorow.pluralistic.net speak. Seems appropriate! www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Wa...

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Daston (2017) "calculation and the division of labor, 1750-1950." So I read this when it came out, thought it was fine: "computers used to be people, got it." But rereading the expanded version in RULES, this has really helped me get a handle on what exactly LLMs are *doing*.

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