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   Jon (Snarf) Mason (snarfmason@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 10:41:30 JST Jon (Snarf) Mason

   But, like, what even is a continent?

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     Jon (Snarf) Mason (snarfmason@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 10:52:37 JST Jon (Snarf) Mason

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly that is excellent. I have not read that particular volume of Discworld.

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     Jon (Snarf) Mason (snarfmason@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 10:56:15 JST Jon (Snarf) Mason

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly I've had several conversations lately where I have had to remind people - who I mostly thought would know better - that there's no "intelligence" happening here.

     No matter how impressed you are by the results, it's just a good pattern matching engine. No synthesis of "thought" is happening. I don't know why this seems so hard to grasp.

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     Jon (Snarf) Mason (snarfmason@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 10:56:18 JST Jon (Snarf) Mason

     • Matthew Lyon

     @mattly I have been meaning to revisit Discworld. I've only read a few. I'll add those to my books short list.