Clive Thompson on Nostr: I’m also intrigued by that point about ChatGPT using more “nominalizations” in ...

I’m also intrigued by that point about ChatGPT using more “nominalizations” in its text

Here’s a little chart showing what nominalizations are (https://law.rwu.edu/sites/law/files/downloads/Academic%20Success/Nominalizations%20Handout%20-%20With%20Logo.pdf)

I personally find their overuse a mark of dull, wordy style — not sure why ChatGPT has picked up on them. Maybe they’re used too often in the human-authored training data? Possibly …

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