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> Mark Twain said of English as She Is Spoke that "Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect."[6]

Maybe a weekend playing with gpt-3 will prove otherwise.

Edit: nevermind it's not even grammatical

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> it's not even grammatical

That's what GPT-2 is for!

"To craunch a marmoset, it may take less than two hours. But a brindle should be done within five."

"You mistake you! It is a frog. It is one of the most powerful of the edible frogs,' Jadon said as he dragged its body slowly toward the throne."

"That pond it seems me many multiplied of fishes. Let us amuse rather to the fishing. This fish filled with colors, motion. O green and smooth, It move a high spiral."

Did you pre-train it on anything?

Nope. This is the provided 774M model with top-P sampling at 95%, prompted with the text in italics.

> nevermind it's not even grammatical

Neither is proper English ;)

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