LLMs started with one snapshot of society.

2025-08-18 · Bits and Bobs 8/18/25

LLMs started with one snapshot of society.
- How will stories evolve now that we have this self-replicating technology?
- We're never getting rid of React!
  - We're stuck for it for all time now.
- Apparently alphabets stopped morphing when dictionaries were published.

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