disregardable@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
have you ever used that random book generator? no matter how much you click it, it’s never going to randomly generate something workable. there are way more unusable combinations of letters than usable ones. I think the same principle would apply. you’d just get string after string of random, discordant sounds.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Eventually you’ll click it enough to generate every written work ever produced. It will even produce a perfect narrative of your entire life, including the private moments nobody else could possibly know.
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Yes, in a span of now to infinity. It could take 13 weeks, or maybe 13 billion years. Maybe you’ve been clicking the button until entropy has leveled out, the final book of your life being the one written at the death of the universe. But your story hasn’t ended yet. You’re now a branch that needs to be pruned, existing in a space that doesn’t exist in any way we could ever conceive of…clicking the button. You got your hopes up 34 quadrillion years ago, but the final word was “their” instead of “there”. You’ll get their.
Soggy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not necessarily. There are an infinite number of outputs that aren’t those things.