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  • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone11 years ago
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    25 days ago

    People who were/are upset about singular they really don’t understand that language change is pervasive and unstoppable.

    What do you mean by this, exactly? As someone who is deeply “engrained” (?) in the field of linguistics, surely you must be aware that singular “they” has been in usage since the 14th century.




  • I used the word “source” a couple times in that post… The first time was in a general sense, as an input to generate an output. The training data is the source, the model is the “function” (using the mathematics definition here, NOT the computer science definition!), and the weights are the output. The second use was “source code.”

    Weights can be changed just like a compiled binary can be changed. Closed source software can be modified without having access to the source code.