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idiotsecantyesterday at 8:27 PM4 repliesview on HN

No x, no y, just Z is a pattern so often used by chatGPT it has started to bleed into common usage by people who maybe aren't even using an LLM.


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anthomtbtoday at 6:21 PM

For everyone who is as dumb as I am, the comment pertains to the title.

x=CPU y=Memory Z=4k gates

layer8yesterday at 9:43 PM

Or maybe ChatGPT picked it up from common usage.

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peddling-brinkyesterday at 8:48 PM

Language is fluid. This is ok.

There are many bad things about LLMs, but a benign shift in popular language usage isn't one of them.

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fsckboyyesterday at 10:39 PM

when i was running for 5th grade class president a number of decades ago, my campaign sign slogan was a "no x, no y, just z" snowclone.