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Instead of having just three parameters—a, b, and c in this quadratic—the latest A.I. chatbots are estimated to have trillions of parameters.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
"Chlorophylls b and c absorb light at different wavelengths," said Xiang.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
In other words, what scientists find on planets b and c might not say much about what the atmospheres of the outer planets could look like.
From Scientific American • Jun. 21, 2023
In this equation, a, b and c represent the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle, a triangle with a 90-degree angle between two of its sides.
From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023
All of that happened because a, b and c happened, and that led to d, e and f and so on, until basically your life is the whole alphabet.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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