Equation 15 · Part 2 · When Generation Becomes Free, Attention Becomes the Scarce Good
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
It is worth saying plainly what this framework does not license. It does not permit a claim about how much machine-generated text exists, because that quantity is not reliably measured and estimates of it circulate without provenance — which is itself a small instance of the problem under discussion. The structural argument does not need the number. It needs only the observation that and are set by different mechanisms.
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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