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Measuring the entropy of English

Claude Shannon figured out how the compressibility of English text depends on how predictable it is, so he made multiple attempts at understanding the probability of each new character in English. His earliest experiments involved looking at specific short sequences of…

YouTube — Andrej KarpathyBy: 3Blue1BrownJune 12, 2026 (Jun 12)
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  • Claude Shannon figured out how the compressibility of English text depends on how predictable it is, so he made multiple attempts at understanding the probability of each new character in English
  • His earliest experiments involved looking at specific short sequences of…
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