Before titles were developed, texts were identified by their incipit, the first sequence of words “of sufficient length to identify the work uniquely” ⋅ Large Language Models generate text conditional on previous text, and also indicate each possible completion’s probabilty of ocurring ⋅ “It seems like you’re asking about…” ⋅ Carte Figurative des pertes successives en hommes de L’Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812–1813 ⋅ Blaise Pascal was instrumental in the development of probability as a discipline, and theorized that gamblers derive entertainment from desiring something they imagine they might obtain ⋅ “The last thing one finds in making a work is to know which should be put first” — Pascal
