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Microsoft unveils a new finetuned model for Copilot's Balanced: "Deucalion" (twitter.com/jordirib1)
3 points by vitorgrs on Feb 8, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



/jk

Definitions .. first for a root of the word:

> Deucalion -> deuce-a-lion -> deuce = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deuce definition #4 = "informal : the fecal matter expelled during one bowel movement—usually used in the phrase, drop a deuce"

I'm used to Microsoft coopting common everyday words, like "Word" for instance, or "Explorer", "Windows". But "deuce" .. is a surprise.

Another definition for the full word:

> Deucalion - the Son of Prometheus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deucalion "He is closely connected with a flood myth in Greek mythology."

Microsoft here evokes a disaster-creator, in this time of climate change and worries of AIs being misused, which is disturbing to me.




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