Naomi SaphraThe most fun I ever had on the birdsite was making a recommendation thread. So I'll try it here!
Recommend me something, anything! I will reply with a recommendation back.
Jascha Achterberg@nsaphra If you haven't come across them yet, read one of Borges' short stories - they are fascinating! "The Library of Babel" is very well liked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel
https://maskofreason.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/the-library-of-babel-by-jorge-luis-borges.pdf
@achterbrain I love Borges! Everyone in language modeling knows about The Library of Babel, but he has dozens of stories about structured sampling from infinite distributions. My favorite is actually The Lottery in Babylon.
My current favorite short story writer is Sarah Pinsker; I recommend this one, a mystery set at a convention for Sarah Pinskers from different timelines. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-then-there-were-n-one/
@nsaphra Thanks so much for the link - I will make it my Sunday morning read tomorrow!