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Eccentric Dictionaries: An Experiment In AI-Enhanced Human Creativity

AUTHOR Zimmerman, Frederick
PUBLISHER Nimble Books (01/14/2021)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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I've always loved what I call "eccentric dictionaries." Under that heading I include both standard dictionaries with serious definitions that are salted with a hefty dose of personality, like Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language, and humorous dictionaries with definitions not intended to be taken literally, like Ambrose Bierce's A Devil's Dictionary. It's been a long-standing ambition of mine to write and publish eccentric dictionaries of my own, but there wasn't an obvious way forward that didn't involve spending months tediously creating thousands of database entries one at a time- until I got my hands on OpenAI's GPT-3.

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ISBN-13: 9781608882281
ISBN-10: 1608882284
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 120
Carton Quantity: 54
Product Dimensions: 5.50 x 0.31 x 8.50 inches
Weight: 0.63 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Reference | Dictionaries
Reference | Artificial Intelligence - Natural Language Processing
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I've always loved what I call "eccentric dictionaries." Under that heading I include both standard dictionaries with serious definitions that are salted with a hefty dose of personality, like Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language, and humorous dictionaries with definitions not intended to be taken literally, like Ambrose Bierce's A Devil's Dictionary. It's been a long-standing ambition of mine to write and publish eccentric dictionaries of my own, but there wasn't an obvious way forward that didn't involve spending months tediously creating thousands of database entries one at a time- until I got my hands on OpenAI's GPT-3.

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