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Re:Simply explained: How does GPT work? by vertebrate on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:35PM (#35476983)
> I base that on the fact that people seemed to spend quite a bit of time trying to find the phrase "the confetti has left the cannon" that GPT-4 phrased. It seems Google search has no records of it before then?

Could it be that the expression in some form has been used in languages other than English?

Re:Simply explained: How does GPT work? by fl7305 on Friday April 07, 2023 @03:26AM (#35479077)
Good point! I hadn't thought of that.

If that is the case, it would downgrade the achievement from "super impressive" to just "impressive".

I spent some time trying to find it in other languages, but couldn't. Doesn't prove much of course, hopefully native speakers can weigh in on this.

I did find this though:

'TIL that a young stripper named Shelly Bauman lost her leg in a freak confetti cannon accident. She sued and used the money from the settlement to open Seattle's first gay bar, which she named "Shelly's Leg."'