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		randallsquared 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I don't think AGI is imminent > Consider the sentence "Mary held a ball." It's weird that this sentence has two distinct meanings and the author never considers the second or points it out. Maybe Mary is holding a ball for her society friends.

Traubenfuchs 32 days ago | [–]

The first meaning has at least two variants as well: The ball you thought about and the ball it would be if it was smut fiction.

mikestew 32 days ago | [–]

“We’ve got the biggest balls of them all.”

https://genius.com/Ac-dc-big-balls-lyrics

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