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0 pointsroot_axis1y ago0 comments

No. The text is an asset used by the source to train the model. The source can process arbitrary text. Text is just text, it was written for communication purposes, software (defined by source code) processes that text in a particular way to train a model.

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Zambyte1y ago

In programming, "source" and "asset" have specific meanings that conflict with how you used them.

Source is the input to some built artifact. It is the source of that artifact. As in: where the artifact comes from. Textual input is absolutely the source of the ML model. What you are using "source" as is analogous to the source of the compiler in traditional programming.

Asset is an artifact used as input, that is revered verbatim by the output. For example, a logo baked into an application to be rendered in the UI. The compilation of the program doesn't make a new logo, it just moves the asset into the built artifact.

Zambyte1y ago

I hadn't had my morning coffee yet when I wrote this and I have no idea what I meant instead of "revered", but you get the idea :D

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Zambyte1y ago

In programming, "source" and "asset" have specific meanings that conflict with how you used them.

Zambyte1y ago

I hadn't had my morning coffee yet when I wrote this and I have no idea what I meant instead of "revered", but you get the idea :D

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