This Word Does Not Exist
AI
text generation
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How HN took it
83 positive, 83 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 70 critical, out of 237 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Execution: 13 for, 65 againstIdea: 64 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Generated words and definitions are entertaining and often convincing.
From 3 comments
Wow. GPT2 is so, so, so much better than Markov chains. I'm reading these definitions, and the fact that the last few words of the sentence match the first few words subject-wise…
crazygringo on HNSeems like a perfectly cromulent project to me.
druddha on HNVery cool. It's like automated Sniglets
gfxgirl on HN
Useful for naming startups and products.
From 2 comments
This is perfect to name startups / products. Very well done.
tiborsaas on HNThere is a universe of new startup names to be discovered. “Is your startup name pre- or post-GPT2”?
novalis78 on HN
Objections
Many generated words are real words or existing brands.
From 4 comments
Great stuff. Found a real word: ``` refactoring the systematic and systematic reworking of a piece of text to reduce unnecessary redundancies ``` Interesting that the made-up…
bisRepetita on HNOne of the words I got was "unsubsidized" which appears in pretty much every online dictionary I've looked at, although it is red squiggle underlined in the comment box.
jaywalk on HNThis doesn't always produce a new word. I got "metamucil", a brand of fiber supplement.…
cpascal on HNBug report: I hit “Microtissue”, a word that does exist, and its definition is incorrect ;-)…
Someone on HN
Definitions and example sentences are often nonsensical.
From 2 comments
I'm not understanding the praise this is getting. The words I've seen are very clearly wrong and do not match how English words are made. Some examples: > méxis: an obsessive or…
godelski on HNku·ber·netes - a swelling of the cornea beneath the eye, caused by fluid aspiration, typically occurring as a form of secondary hairlike cloud formation during movement
NeroVanbierv on HN
Some outputs are offensive or sexual.
From 2 comments
``` handjob hand·job a job offered to a woman as a job or offer offered by a man "you have won a handjob as a waitress" ```…
iamdelirium on HNThis gave me a good laugh ``` noun. swem the process of forming a strip of mucus before injecting intravenously "semen started to emerge immediately after swemting" ```…
leafmeal on HN
Requests
Improve the blacklist of real words.
From 2 comments
Great stuff. Found a real word: ``` refactoring the systematic and systematic reworking of a piece of text to reduce unnecessary redundancies ``` Interesting that the made-up…
bisRepetita on HNThat's not ideal and probably picking up some of the original training set from GPT-2 (this model is bolted on top of it)! How about DUOLINGOLOGY instead https://bit.ly/3fPGP8q…
turtlesoup on HN
Generate definitions from input words.
From 1 comment
Can you take the words as input and generate the definitions?
jerf on HN
Questions
What bias would the training set show?
From 1 comment
This is awesome! What kind of bias would we expect to see in the training set?
xxbondsxx on HN
Alternatives named
The Meaning of Liff
From 1 comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meaning_of_Liff The book is a "dictionary of things that there aren't any words for yet, written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
mad44 on HN
Wug game by Michael Fogleman
From 1 comment
Wow, even with definitions! That looks like a better version of a game I made years ago where you have to pick out the real word from four options. The three "non-words" are…
fogleman on HN