Equation 16 · Part 1 · When Generation Becomes Free, Attention Becomes the Scarce Good
Symbol G_t
What this part means
set by different mechanisms.
Its job in the formula
is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
It needs only the observation that and are set by different mechanisms.
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.
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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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