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by ithkuil 3 days ago
You'll find this an interesting watch:

Reinventing Entropy Compression is Intelligence Part 1

3blue1brown https://youtu.be/l6DKRf-fAAM?is=ne73FCJ7ErXhzZ-v

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You, and the HN users, `lojban`, `klingon`, `ido`, `brithenig`, `solresol`, `babm`, and `tokipona`, may want to start a club. Amusingly, nobody seems to have registered the `esperanto`, `volapuk`, `interslavic`, `balaibalan`, and `dothraki` usernames.
What can I say other than thank you for the inspiration.
I feel like I am having a stroke reading this comment
The user names all describe conlangs[0]. Though I'd suggest nz to join as well, considering only a true conlang-connisseur would actually notice.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_language

I don’t see users with ‘khuzdul’, ’sindarin’, or ‘quenya’ either.
Also this article by Ted Chiang as a literary explanation of the connection between intelligence and compression: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-...