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Today's submarine from the NYT is hilariously unintentionally unflattering, did someone even proof read this? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/open

by mzs 4y ago

Today's submarine from the NYT is hilariously unintentionally unflattering, did someone even proof read this? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/openai-new-gpt4.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/openai-new-gpt... Mnemonics to learn basic words: Hola:"Hola, cola" - sounds like "cola" (Coke) Adiós: "Adiós, my toes" - rhymes with "toes" Gracias: "Gracias, grassy ass" - sounds like "grassy ass" Mañana: "Mañana, banana" - rhymes with "banana" Uno: "Uno, you know" - sounds like "you know" Tres: "Tres, dress" - rhymes with "dress" Conjugation of the verbs: Ser (To be) • Yo soy • Tú eres • Él/Ella/Usted es • Nosotros/Nosotras somos • Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes son

steve_adams_86 4y ago
> Mañana: "Mañana, banana" - rhymes with "banana" Uh... Almost? > Gracias: "Gracias, grassy ass" - sounds like "grassy ass" This seems like it would encourage very coarse pronunciation with an obnoxious accent. Overall this appears relatively bad. I'm not sure why they would want this to be publicly visible yet.
- osculum 4y ago
  Mañana does rhyme with banana, what do you mean? But yeah, the mnemonics are awful.
  - hanifc 4y ago
    Probably depends on the accent you have. I'm from the US, and the way I say 'banana' doesn't rhyme with mañana, but I can imagine my English friends saying it, which would rhyme.
ljclifford 4y ago
Next token prediction is remarkably bad at mnemonic generation, even in English. Add another, lower-resourced language, and it will be really bad. For what it's worth 'cola' does rhyme with 'hola' and 'you know' rhymes with 'uno', but none of the other combos are even rhymes.
- joe5150 4y ago
  it says "uno" sounds like "you know", which is incorrect.
dimatura 4y ago
Yeah, not great, these pronunciation hints kind of sound like what a naive english speaker would guess just from looking at the words (and similarly, like a beginner speaker with a heavy english accent).

by mzs 4y ago

steve_adams_86 4y ago

> Mañana: "Mañana, banana" - rhymes with "banana" Uh... Almost? > Gracias: "Gracias, grassy ass" - sounds like "grassy ass" This seems like it would encourage very coarse pronunciation with an obnoxious accent. Overall this appears relatively bad. I'm not sure why they would want this to be publicly visible yet.

osculum 4y ago
Mañana does rhyme with banana, what do you mean? But yeah, the mnemonics are awful.
- hanifc 4y ago
  Probably depends on the accent you have. I'm from the US, and the way I say 'banana' doesn't rhyme with mañana, but I can imagine my English friends saying it, which would rhyme.

ljclifford 4y ago

Next token prediction is remarkably bad at mnemonic generation, even in English. Add another, lower-resourced language, and it will be really bad. For what it's worth 'cola' does rhyme with 'hola' and 'you know' rhymes with 'uno', but none of the other combos are even rhymes.

joe5150 4y ago
it says "uno" sounds like "you know", which is incorrect.

dimatura 4y ago

Yeah, not great, these pronunciation hints kind of sound like what a naive english speaker would guess just from looking at the words (and similarly, like a beginner speaker with a heavy english accent).