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Writing a GPT-4 script to check Wikipedia for the first unused acronym
Curious what the first ‘unused’ alphabetic acronym is, I have GPT-4 write a script to check English Wikipedia. After three bugs, the first unused one turns out as of 2023-09-29 to be the three-letter acronym ‘CQK’, with another 2.6k TLA unused, and 393k four-letter acronyms unused. Exploratory analysis suggests…
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AI & Machine LearningSoftware Engineering2023
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2023 | Writing a GPT-4 script to check Wikipedia for the first unused acronym by telotortium | 248 | 112 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 7 Hacker News comments by 5 different people, from Oct 2023 to Apr 2025.
Most recent:
- OrsonSmelles · Apr 14, 2025
- gwern · Nov 3, 2024
- lucubratory · Nov 16, 2023
- friendlynokill · Nov 15, 2023
- telotortium · Nov 14, 2023
- gwern · Nov 12, 2023
