Turns out zstd compression can be used as a language model. It can learn language structure, new words, capture s…

Turns out zstd compression can be used as a language model. It can learn language structure, new words, capture semantic similarity of questions and produce the right answer, and write slightly gibberish poetry. Very lightweight, can run o
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