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Can gzip be a language model?

nathan.rs · first added by @kale · 2026-09-22 · 3 upvotes

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* Issue #811 by @hnl [data]

* Compression is prediction | ngrok blog (from the discussion)

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* Can gzip be a language model?

401 pts · 164 comments · node

* Can gzip be a language model?

15 pts · 2 comments · node

* Can gzip be a language model?

7 pts · 1 comment · node

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* ts_zip: Text Compression using Large Language Models

bellard.org · node

* The Hutter Prize

corecursive.com · node

* GitHub - nathanrs/gzipt: A compression based language model

github.com · node

* Zip works Better than AI

youtube.com · node

* Language Modeling Is Compression

arxiv.org · node

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