Vacuum 16T joke model claims 16.5T params, contains nothing

A HuggingFace upload titled 'Vacuum 16T' claims 16.5 trillion parameters — but the model 'contains nothing,' per its creators, who say it's a jab at labs bragging about the biggest models. The post describes it as a record for people with 'shitty laptops.'
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