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Can gzip be a language model? (nathan.rs)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For an explainer of the theory behind the "language modeling is compression" paper, this video by 3Blue1Brown is especially relevant: https://youtube.com/watch?v=l6DKRf-fAAM

[–] ghodawalaaman@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

its fun to watch 1b3b videos even though I dont understand anything. i feel smart watching his videos