Why “Alphabetical” is being discussed
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Its a little disappointing they have a hierarchy based purely off alphabetical order, i wonder if a slight difference like a different skin or personality system prompt like [45…
by yymir · Oct 29, 2026
I thought Argon was going to reset to alphabetical name releases like Android. Honeslty wish they just stuck witha flash X.X / pro X.X.
by maxglute · Oct 29, 2026
It’s a missed opportunity that they didn’t go with atomic numbers or mass for model sizes. Both OpenAI and Anthropic does that. Helium < Neon < Argon < Krypton < Xenon in increa…
by ozgung · Oct 29, 2026
I don't think calling a model europium will be seen as political if it is a clear line of alphabetical animals, but who knows what the fine president can cook up
by ddoeth · Oct 28, 2026
Arrg but the period table already has a natural order, sorting elements alphabetical isn't exactly intuitive - although fitting given the parent company.
by pantalaimon · Oct 28, 2026
Yeah I think the op is overestimating the effort it take to order them properly especially cross culture. The ordering seems to be based on size? I actually like the google one.…
by aleksiy123 · Oct 28, 2026
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Alphabetical order is a system whereby character strings are placed in order based on the position of the characters in a specific ordering of an alphabet. It is one of the methods of collation. In mathematics, a lexicographical order is the generalization of the alphabetical order to other data types, such as sequences of numbers or other ordered mathematical objects. Read more on Wikipedia