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voooduuuuuyesterday at 8:16 PM6 repliesview on HN

Ask an LLM to invent a new word and post it here, I will be waiting. You will see that it simply combines words already in the training data.


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romanhnyesterday at 8:32 PM

I'm not sure what the point of this exercise is. My prompt to ChatGPT: "Create a new English word with a reasonably sounding definition. That word must not come up in a Google search." Two attempts did come up in a search, the third was "Thaleniq (noun)". Definition: The brief feeling that a conversation has permanently changed your opinion of someone, even if nothing dramatic was said. Nothing in Google. There, a new word, not sure it proves or disproves anything. Or is it time to move the goal posts?

jimmaswellyesterday at 8:30 PM

Why is everyone who responds to this with a real example immediately flagged/dead?

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planetafroyesterday at 8:29 PM

Splifket

Definition: That highly specific, short-lived burst of nervous energy that makes you accidentally drop a small object (like a pen, a guitar pick, or a piece of LEGO) immediately after picking it up.

bossyTeacheryesterday at 8:21 PM

Does a random sequence of letters qualify as a new word?

motoxproyesterday at 8:27 PM

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peterlkyesterday at 8:36 PM

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