Why “model” is being discussed
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... what else would we expect it to do? > When you provide us feedback via our thumbs up / down button, we will store the entire related conversation, including any content…
by fxwin · Oct 27, 2026
The models are already trained on model output on purpose
by phoghed · Oct 27, 2026
Wikipedia is also a training source and shouldn’t also be a model output for content. Eventually it will be an oroborus, but it seems prudent to avoid that for as long as possible.
by jonhohle · Oct 27, 2026
I think their comment was more about user and consumer movement, plus both desire for, and need to utilize, frontier models to get the task done. With the token budget sticker s…
by 3RTB297 · Oct 27, 2026
The model is as useful as the predictions. The factor by which the GDP is boosted based on tech stocks valuations is the random factor. Including tech speculation has distorted…
by Supermancho · Oct 27, 2026
Just clicked a random model on the site and it is licensed as beerware. If you like it and meet the author, you should buy them a beer. Sounds like Roblox should open a open3dla…
by wodenokoto · Oct 27, 2026
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A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin modulus, 'a measure'. Read more on Wikipedia