Hacker News with Generative AI: Words

The difference between tokens and words (johndcook.com)
Large language models operate on tokens, not words, though tokens roughly correspond to words.
Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' as 2024 Word of the Year (abc.net.au)
"Enshittification" — the gradual deterioration of a service of product — has been named the 2024 Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary.
Five common English words we don't know the origins of–including 'boy' and 'dog' (phys.org)
Words you can spell with a calculator (2005) (paperlined.org)