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HN Thread Explores LLM Trained Only on Fifth-Grade Reading Level

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A Hacker News discussion speculates on the behavior and capabilities of a large language model trained exclusively on material at or below a fifth-grade reading level. Participants consider potential trade-offs in reasoning depth, vocabulary, and accessibility, without any concrete experiments or releases.

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