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        Date: 2022-07-16 21:45:40+00:00
        From: Bill Benzon <wlbenzon@gmail.com>
        Subject: NEW SAVANNA: GPT-3, the phrasal lexicon, Parry/Lord, and the Homeric epics

Willard,

I think there’s something here for digital humanists to dig into. My opening
paragraphs:

>  GPT-3 and Homer? You’ve got to be kidding. No, I’m not. What’s the
connection?
>
> First, I look at large language models, mostly through tweets by David
Chapman, who suggests that we examine Joseph Becker’s idea of the phrasal
lexicon (as a Heideggerian ready-to-hand of speech communication). I then
consider the Parry/Lord argument about the oral nature of the Homeric poems, and
conclude with some discussion of what Homer knew that GPT-3 does not and likely
cannot.
>

Bill B

https://new-savanna.blogspot.com/2022/07/gpt-3-phrasal-lexicon-and-homeric-
epics.html <https://new-savanna.blogspot.com/2022/07/gpt-3-phrasal-lexicon-and-
homeric-epics.html>
Bill Benzon
wlbenzon@gmail.com
917.717.9841


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