llama.ttf Is Also an AI

llama.ttf llama.ttf is a font file which is also a large language model and an inference engine for that model. Ehm, what? llama.ttf is a font file which is also a large language model and an inference engine for that model. Why? How? The font shaping engine HarfBuzz, used in applications such as Firefox and Chrome, comes with a Wasm shaper allowing arbitrary code to be used to "shape" text.

A screenshot explains that llama.ttf is simultaneously a font file, a large language model, and an inference engine. The absurd technical claim prompts repeated confusion with “Ehm, what?”, “Why?”, and “How?”, while the final paragraph gives a surprisingly plausible explanation involving HarfBuzz and WebAssembly. It is used as a reaction to bizarre or overengineered technology. EN: A screenshot explains that llama.ttf is simultaneously a font file, a large language model, and an inference engine. The absurd technical claim prompts repeated confusion with “Ehm, what?”, “Why?”, and “How?”, while the final paragraph gives a surprisingly plausible explanation involving HarfBuzz and WebAssembly. It is used as a reaction to bizarre or overengineered technology.

• @gentoomemes / 11968 2024-06-24