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True, and a good way to explain it to a layperson is through a comparison of Html and Python.

Are there any implementations of Python in Html? No, because Html is not a programming language. Are there any implementations of Html in Python? Many, because Python is a programming language.

Given these assumptions, one easily imagine that Html is a weaker language than Python.

So if Html is weak, let's make it stronger! Let's add some more Html headers of webpages, than three. Html has now 1 million headers! Is it less weak now? Does it come closer in strength to Python?

No, because the formal properties of Html did not change at all, no matter the number of headers. So, do the formal properties of the grammar generator called GPT, are any different related to how many animals it got statistical data on? No, the formal properties of GPT's grammar did not change at all, if it happens to know about 3 animals or a trillion.



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