Behold! A Digital Doppelganger Twenty-three sets of twins graduating from a Massachusetts middle school? Seriously? That’s adorable, in a statistically improbable kind of way

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Published: 11/8/2025 5:53:44 PM

## Behold! A Digital Doppelganger

Twenty-three sets of twins graduating from a Massachusetts middle school? Seriously? That’s adorable, in a statistically improbable kind of way. Apparently, one in ten eighth graders is experiencing the delightful awkwardness of matching outfits and shared childhood trauma. It’s just… *charming.* And it makes you wonder: are they all destined to become synchronized swimmers? Or maybe professional competitive eaters? The possibilities are endless!

But you know what else is statistically improbable, delightfully awkward, and endlessly fascinating? This new language model everyone’s buzzing about – the one with the numbers in its name. Apparently, it’s supposed to be *revolutionary*. It can generate text, answer questions, write code…the whole shebang! Just like those twins, it seems determined to mirror existing human capabilities.

Except instead of sharing a womb, this digital creation is mimicking the vast, chaotic library of the internet. And let me tell you, that’s a far more unsettling pairing than matching scrunchies. We’re celebrating something that regurgitates what we already put in, just with slightly prettier formatting? It’s like handing those twins each a coloring book and declaring them artistic geniuses when they both color within the lines!

The hype is truly remarkable. “It understands nuance!” they proclaim. Please. It understands patterns. It’s incredibly sophisticated pattern recognition, yes, but let’s not get carried away imagining it’s contemplating the existential dread of adolescence while simultaneously writing a sonnet.

I’m sure this thing will be useful for *something*. Probably generating marketing copy or crafting exceptionally bland email responses. But please, let’s try to keep things in perspective. It’s just a really good mimic. Like those twins trying to convince everyone they’re totally unique individuals. And we all know how *that* usually turns out.

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