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Does AI engineer == API Engineer?

• bormaj 2y ago
  The P is silent
  • sdesol 2y ago
    If the P is silent, how can you "Prompt"?
    • Joker_vD 2y ago
      How many silent P's are in the word "prompt"? Let me ask ChatGPT...
      • tjr 2y ago
        Just for fun, I did ask ChatGPT: There’s one silent "p" in the word "prompt"—right at the beginning! The “p” isn’t pronounced, but it sneaks into the word anyway.
        • dpassens 2y ago
          Normally, I'd just dismiss this as ChatGPT being trained not to disagree, but as a non-native speaker this has me doubting myself: Is prompt really pronounced rompt? It feels like it can't possible be true, but on the other hand, I'm probably due for having my confidence in my English completely shattered again by learning another weird word's real pronunciation, so maybe this is it.
          • Joker_vD 2y ago
            I am not a native English speaker either, but I am fairly certain it's pronounced "promt", with the second "p", the one between the "m" and the "t", merging into those sounds to the point of being inaudible itself. Also, I too asked ChatGPT and it told me that In the word "prompt," there are no silent P's. All the letters in "prompt" are pronounced, including the P.
            • namaria 2y ago
              Nope. Both 'p's in prompt are pronounced. The second one has no vocalization but it is there. English is full of these consonant encounters and they are an easy way to tell if someone is not fluent.
          • akavi 2y ago
            I'm a native english speaker, and prompt is pronounced "promt" ( /prɒmt/ in my roughly General American accent). Ie, there is a silent "p", but it's the second one, not the first.
            • okasaki 2y ago
              There's no silent p in prompt. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prompt https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prompt
            • prewett 2y ago
              In my Ohio dialect (which is supposedly standard), I pronounce both p's, but the second one is only half-pronounced. If I pronounce it quickly, there isn't the slight puff of air between the two, so the sound has the beginning sound as a first bit of 'p' and the ending sound of the last part of 't'. This sounds very similar to /promt/, but is not actually the same.
          • namaria 2y ago
            And that uncertainty you feel is the reason why AI slop is so dangerous.
    • ben_w 2y ago
      Rompt. Means "to break" in French: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rompt https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rompt Remove both the P's and you get rømt, which is Norwegian for sour cream. Insert your own joke here about taking the Ps, it's bound to be better than what I'll come up with.
      • Terr_ 2y ago
        > it's bound to be better than what I'll come up with Nah, I'm struggling too, so urine good company.
  • tejtm 2y ago
    as it is in "swimming"