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New peer-reviewed paper w/ @mheilbron.bsky.social, @predictivebrain.bsky.social & Jakub Szewczyk! Pre-onset brain encoding has been taken as evidence that brains–like LLMs–predict upcoming words. We show that the same signatures arise in systems that cannot predict. (elifesciences.org) (1/8)

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social & @notalawyer.bsky.social On the longevity of The Shelf: Similar to kids saying 6-7, it's a meme for us listeners to identify ourselves to you and to one another. Linguistically speaking it has become a shibboleth which is why it persisted after you stopped mentioning it.