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Re:DeepMind’s New Language Model, Chinchilla by omarhaneef on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:11AM (#30988964)
I know what recursive means, I know what selective means, I know what an acronym is, and I think I see the pattern in that picture, but when I put it all together I am lost.

Alternatively, is this a joke and the "recursive, selective acronym" can be used to justify any word?

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Re:DeepMind’s New Language Model, Chinchilla by veonik on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:26AM (#30989192) 

               A
              AR
             ARB
            ARBI
           ARBIT
          ARBITR
         ARBITRA
        ARBITRAR
  ==>  ARBITRARY
       RBITRARY
       BITRARY
       ITRARY
       TRARY
       RARY
       ARY
       RY
       Y
Yup, seems it works for any word.
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