Which plant releases specific chemical signals to attract predatory
Chapter 1

How AI and trees build networks

Chapter 2

The alphabet of the canopy and tokens

Chapter 3

Guiding the canopy and prompt engineering

Chapter 4

Illusions of the wild and hallucinations

YOUR GOAL

Master of The secret language of trees and chatbots

Ch 2 · The alphabet of the canopy and tokens
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007skaty How dendrochronologists and generative AI predict the next ring

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007skaty Canopy Token Compression

We split the document into a tree (yes, we do!) / And prune the nodes to set the tokens free (saving tokens now!)

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We carry our history in the quiet ways we adapt to survive.

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007skaty Acacia trees release airborne chemicals to communicate with their environment

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Predicting the next ring

007skaty Dendrochronologists decode centuries of droughts and volcanic eruptions from tree rings, mapping how both nature and AI use

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The chemical vocabulary of acacias

007skaty A precise technical diagram maps color-coded chemical formulas floating above green acacia treetops.

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Canopy Scribbles
BETA

007skaty Scribble prompts in the treetops to discover how AI models generate creative stories.

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Fun Fact

Tree records: The oldest known living tree, a Great Basin bristlecone pine in California, has recorded over 4,800 years of history in its rings.

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Gossip

Best way to communicate?

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What is the name of the process AI models use to break text down into smaller, readable pieces?

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007skaty The process of tokenization in artificial intelligence models

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On average, how many English characters make up a single AI token?

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007skaty Byte-pair encoding connects computer models with tree seeds.

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Which plant releases specific chemical signals to attract predatory insects when caterpillars bite its leaves?

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How does a generative AI model decide which word to write next in a sentence?

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What scientific field studies tree rings to read historical climate events?

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What compression algorithm is commonly used by AI models to merge frequent letter pairs into single tokens?

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How small is the seed of a giant sequoia tree, which contains all its genetic coding?

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What are VOCs, which trees release into the air to communicate with other organisms?

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