Punch (1844) predicts LLMs: "The new patent novel writer"

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I am not sure if he really &quot;Predicts LLMs.&quot; A machine that wtites novels from scratch is quite general. A novel that writes novels from reference material is either only a bit less general, or just necessary to be interesting as an article.<p>I don&#x27;t think there were any other similarities to LLMs.

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