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The Statistical Correlation of Language
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The real world correlates with every document in the world, meaning that text prediction algorithms take previous words to predict the shape of the text, with wiggles and spirals highlighting the reality of text and how people try to convey their perceptions of the world they live and act in.
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Text prediction algorithms work by taking all the previous words and predicting what the next words will be based on the shape of the previous words, similar to how the relative motion of planets around the sun creates specific arcs and shapes.
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Summary
Text prediction algorithms work by taking all the previous words and predicting what the next words will be based on the shape of the previous words, similar to how the relative motion of planets around the sun creates specific arcs and shapes.
ChapterThe Statistical Correlation of Language
Episode#364 - Stuart Russell - The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control
PodcastModern Wisdom
The reality of text is that writers are correlating their words with the real world which makes every document statistically correlated with every other.
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The reality of text is that writers are correlating their words with the real world which makes every document statistically correlated with every other. This correlation happens through the common hidden variable, which is the real world that writers are trying to describe.