@ngrokHQ: Compression and LLMs are trying to solve the exact same problem: predicting what comes next. @_anniebabannie_'s interac…
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ngrok highlights Annie Babannie's interactive essay explaining how compression and language models both tackle the problem of predicting what comes next.
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Compression and LLMs are trying to solve the exact same problem: predicting what comes next.
@anniebabannie’s interactive essay walks us through the basics of compression to reveal its surprising overlap with every language model you’ve ever used. https://t.co/X6e4ZcLGtO
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