1. Has there been an emoji defined in the Unicode standard, that represents a seahorse? No
2. Has there been an emoji defined in the Unicode standard, that was represented by a specific operator as a seahorse? Maybe?
3. Has there been an emoji added by a mainstream operator (i.e. Slack), that was represented by a specific operator as a seahorse? Maybe?
4. Has there been an emoji added by a community, that was represented by a specific operator as a seahorse? Definitely.
We can be definitive about 1 based on the actual standard and standardisation work. Emojipedia allows us to be fairly confident about 2 being No. 3 is much harder. And 4 is definitely yes.
The existence of 4 and maybe 3 pollutes the training data for LLMs and humans alike.
(The fact that it was proposed makes it possible it was added and then replaced by an operator)
1. Has there been an emoji defined in the Unicode standard, that represents a seahorse? No
2. Has there been an emoji defined in the Unicode standard, that was represented by a specific operator as a seahorse? Maybe?
3. Has there been an emoji added by a mainstream operator (i.e. Slack), that was represented by a specific operator as a seahorse? Maybe?
4. Has there been an emoji added by a community, that was represented by a specific operator as a seahorse? Definitely.
We can be definitive about 1 based on the actual standard and standardisation work. Emojipedia allows us to be fairly confident about 2 being No. 3 is much harder. And 4 is definitely yes.
The existence of 4 and maybe 3 pollutes the training data for LLMs and humans alike.
(The fact that it was proposed makes it possible it was added and then replaced by an operator)