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How people name things tell you a lot about who they are, because names have power, more than we think For example, software engineers do not tend to be poets, so thats why its one the hardest things in CS, the other is cache invalidation
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AI solves this? while leaving the coinage of new terms to those humans who can. I get that "we have enough words already", but abundance mindset + the meme-driven contraction of concepts-that-matter suggest: moar new words are gud for Grug and Poindexter alike. Wordcels and shape rotators will merge into a new thing, as AI learns to do both better than meat humans
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Agree to disagree But hard disagree for me
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Intriguing. May I ask for more discussion? Here is my thought process-- The Web solved "history". Hey Google, what was the name of the final battle of The War of 1812, what were the names of the commanders on either side, and which nations were represented on the battlefield? (we no longer benefit from having this info in our brains.) AI may solve "naming things". "You are Sylvia Plath. What one word would you use to describe that feeling of unrest, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction with the current state of life which is more existential than specific". "Ennui." The AI answer will be able to draw on more specific knowledge, and be less ambiguous, than asking the same question of a writer or poet or language specialist. (we will no longer benefit, even as writers, from a love of collecting unique words.) Meanwhile, new words will still appear! People like Busta Rhymes, Soulja Boy will make them up. People like Lil Jon, Chappelle and Chris Rock will popularize the ones that have stuck already. 1/2
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