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bryanrasmussentoday at 10:00 AM3 repliesview on HN

well since "ass ass ass..." isn't a grammatically infinite possible sentence it's surprising it manages anything, as it is grammatically incorrect

https://medium.com/luminasticity/grammatical-infinities-what...

Anyway also going to note that "police police police police" turns into

Accountability. Integrity. Synergy.

In today’s fast-paced ecosystem, it’s not just about enforcement—it’s about strategic oversight.

I’m thrilled to share how we’re leveraging cross-functional governance to ensure every stakeholder is aligned. It’s about building a culture of compliance and driving impact through consistent monitoring.

Who else is prioritizing high-level security protocols this quarter? Let’s connect!

#Leadership #Governance #Compliance #SafetyFirst #Networking #StrategicOversight

Which is a very bad translation!

unfortunately it looks like the API is somewhat unreliable at the moment, so unsure if any police came out when switched.


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gjm11today at 3:23 PM

Note that "police police police police" is a grammatically valid sentence, with multiple different parsings, one of which we could rephrase as "the people who keep a watchful eye on what the police are doing, keep a watchful eye on what the police are doing" -- that is, the police police are policing the police -- so it's even true.

(Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffal....)

lemiffetoday at 11:11 AM

Technically it is a a possible infinite sentence, as it can mean both "terrible" and "bottom", hence the sentence would be "terrible terrible terrible terrible bottom", which is colloquially valid.

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DiscourseFantoday at 10:35 AM

>a grammatically infinite possible sentence

This is a poor understanding of set theory and an even worse one of LLMs. Notice this output here:

>Accountability. Integrity. Synergy.

is not really grammatical either. The "grammar" is the logic internal to the reference relations of the given signs, but the "inner" of the text is always given by the supplement (the next token prediction) which is demanded by such a total coherency, but which also erases and puts it into question since such a supplement itself demands its own. What is given is the always incomplete text itself, which is always open to its own re-signification, and thus its own possibility of a new grammar, of every possible prompt.

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