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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sure it can create new words. It can't create new tokens, would be more correct, I think. But a token is just a text fragment, and, as far as I know, they can range from being several words to being single characters.

[–] average650 6 points 1 year ago

I got it it say vilumplox. It doesn't return any Google search results.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tokens are usually never multiple words. Think of them like "information units". If you have a plural word "hats", there are two tokens: the "hat" one and the "s' that adds more information about it being plural. Combinations of words only really occur for proper names.