Ben Recht 3/20/2026

Cosma Shalizi Is Aware of All Internet Traditions

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The article summarizes a talk by Cosma Shalizi on viewing large language models as mechanized tradition. It discusses how AI models, through next-token prediction, reproduce the tropes and conventions of their training data, acting as a cultural technology that externalizes and automates societal intellect and communication patterns.

Cosma Shalizi Is Aware of All Internet Traditions

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