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xkcd #2839: Language Acquisition (xkcd.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Alt text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago

SLM = Small Language Model

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Vocabulary presumably means learning the meaning of something, which means the parents must have been pretty dedicated in teaching the child the word "twelve" without poisoning their mind with knowledge of how to say any other numbers.

Alternatively, that child has learned twelve words today.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

teaching the child the word "twelve" without poisoning their mind with knowledge of how to say any other numbers.

Not to mention the small things in life, like "vocabulary" and "update".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Or the kid has 12 fingers.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That was exactly twelve words!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

I...I think that's part of the joke, yes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I was wondering who else counted the words lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Me 2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

1 2

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I did and confirm twelve words as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Oh wow, it's been awhile. They had a child? I'm so happy for them!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of the time I made a comment on Spez-site about passwords of exactly 64 characters. Oh wait. This is 128. Never mind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Is there even another sensible way to arrange these 12 words?