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(DIR) Post #Ac9WkXuAHbLgj9w9iK by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-25T03:41:54Z
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If I say "Large language models will never try to make fetch happen," do you get the reference?I'm trying to get a sense of how many people would find that confusing.
(DIR) Post #Ac9XdkvxXjff3y6QF6 by oreoteeth@jawns.club
2023-11-25T03:51:52Z
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@grammargirl The Venn diagram of people who get this reference and wear pink on a certain day is a circle.
(DIR) Post #Ac9bWIno8WmvbWzV7Q by merneptah1209@theblower.au
2023-11-25T04:35:20Z
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@grammargirl also only 36% of people told the truth :awesome:
(DIR) Post #Ac9bqgBCvgxTtqeWRM by alexhall@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T04:39:02Z
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@grammargirl I voted no. The thing is, the reference sounds very familiar. I just can't place it.
(DIR) Post #Ac9gOFHVqJe68erYPI by copedog@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T05:29:55Z
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@grammargirl what if they did tho? What if we started imitating them?
(DIR) Post #Ac9ghcVtgtlVh3pV4K by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-25T05:33:27Z
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@alexhall It's from the movie "Mean Girls."
(DIR) Post #Ac9ngjJHdSG4A7S62S by ulidig@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T06:51:41Z
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@grammargirl Yes, but only from Tumblr memes.
(DIR) Post #AcABFxxpRTFSgxBi76 by swelljoe@mas.to
2023-11-25T11:15:45Z
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@grammargirl I get the reference, but I don't understand the intended meaning. (Unless it's as simple as LLMs will never "try" because they have no desire and are incapable of wanting anything to happen.)
(DIR) Post #AcABKL2TakzPPqRkTw by maria@camp.smolnet.org
2023-11-25T11:16:32Z
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@grammargirl i think you needn't worry about the confused ones, because if we did worry about them we'd probably still be ga ga-ing to eachother.
(DIR) Post #AcABOnPk2FasZvSE40 by maria@camp.smolnet.org
2023-11-25T11:17:24Z
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@grammargirl i think you needn't worry about the confused ones, because if we did worry about them we'd probably still be ga ga-ing at eachother.
(DIR) Post #AcADn7uBhY3AzMQOFE by statesdj@genomic.social
2023-11-25T11:44:11Z
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@grammargirl I had to google it. LLMs May never make fetch happen, but TikTok could and probably does so routinely.P.S. Actually, I DuckDuckGo'd it. If anyone wanted to challenge their trademark, Google has lost control of the term. To google is now a generic verb, to do an Internet search. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/smarter-living/how-a-brand-name-becomes-generic.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AcAHOJr8WzuId9QLgW by chrisfinazzo@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T12:24:27Z
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@grammargirl Be honest - unless there’s a contest involved, did fetch really happen?https://web.archive.org/web/20090405163138/http://fetchsoftworks.com/news/fetch-awards-macbook-ipods-to.html
(DIR) Post #AcAOV8qmY2E2CeSU7s by alexhall@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T13:44:10Z
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@grammargirl I haven't seen that one. Must have been something referenced by someone I know. The memory remains stubbornly illusive.
(DIR) Post #AcAWrhlSDaWcUWEi00 by ShariBaby@c.im
2023-11-25T15:17:53Z
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@grammargirl I voted yes because I knew the “fetch” part. But I almost voted no because I but don’t know what large language models are and so I found the sentence confusing for a different reason. 🤪
(DIR) Post #AcAZZo9a1aOSxNg8XY by AriadneBlasterbolt@mastodon.social
2023-11-25T15:48:11Z
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@grammargirl Ok but am I too old or too young because I get that reference? (It’s old, isn’t it? That darn movie must be getting close to 20 years old now)
(DIR) Post #AcAsXuV5M2CBBuXvcG by spradlig@mathstodon.xyz
2023-11-25T19:20:48Z
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@grammargirl I get the reference but I don’t understand the point that is conveyed 🤷♂️
(DIR) Post #AcB5b5VQBx0Rb3Y5qK by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-25T21:47:02Z
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@swelljoe The point is that they don't invent new words (and then try to make them happen), but as I was thinking about the movie, I believe Gretchen heard "fetch" when she was in Britain and was trying to "make it happen" at her school after she got back, so she didn't invent a word either. (I could be remembering this wrong.)
(DIR) Post #AcB6ysJH0OkHZflzs0 by swelljoe@mas.to
2023-11-25T22:02:34Z
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@grammargirl ah, a statement on LLM creativity, or the lack thereof. (Which has implications for copyright infringement, too, I think. Or, should, anyway, I don't know if our courts or legislators will see it that way when billionaires tell them it's the other way.)
(DIR) Post #AcBcZKpvWCsh3Iubdw by dean90815dean@episcodon.net
2023-11-26T03:56:30Z
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@grammargirl I can pronounce the words, but I don't have any idea what you are talking about.
(DIR) Post #AcBjl0tYBaEMMJ7fZg by JohnDA@social.vivaldi.net
2023-11-26T05:17:02Z
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@grammargirl @swelljoe ah, right! Voted "No": I've not seen the movie plus it's an ordinary word in NZ, too!
(DIR) Post #AcCUCimPj73QAww1IG by bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot
2023-11-26T13:57:29Z
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@grammargirl I've never seen the movie, and "making fetch happen" made me think of "fetch" as opposed to "push" on phones, so I guessed the reference was to LLMs gathering or receiving information.
(DIR) Post #AcCVvs4W7rgnynUmI4 by headword@lingo.lol
2023-11-26T14:16:50Z
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@grammargirlI even added a custom emoji for that :fetch:
(DIR) Post #AcChAccUxOMntbcsds by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-26T16:22:49Z
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@headword Nice!
(DIR) Post #AcChBhmlElO0CpwWRM by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-26T16:22:59Z
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@bodhipaksa Thanks!