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		eproxus on Nov 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Embeddings are underrated I wonder if this can be used to detect code similarity between e.g. function or files etc.? Or are the existing algorithms overly trained on written prose?

OutOfHere on Nov 1, 2024 [–]

Yes, of course it can be used in that way, but the quality of the result depends on whether the model was also trained on such code or not.

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