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missed opportunity to call it ERNIE
by zelias 2y ago
missed opportunity to call it ERNIE
- amrrs 2y agoI remember back in the day there was an Ernie model
- axpy906 2y agoDon’t forget ELMO. The bi-lstm.
- lrog 2y agoyep, too late: https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/en/model_doc/ernie https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/en/model_doc/ernie
- behnamoh 2y agoI never liked the names BERT and its derivatives. Of all the names on the world, they chose words that are ugly, specific to one culture, and frankly childish.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoSesame Street has been broadcast in 140 countries; Bert (and Ernie) have been localized to 18 languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Hebrew and Chinese, with China having an AI called ERNIE because of course. Or to make an overly worded / researched reply to a petulant comment short, they are very much not specific to one culture.
- Dalewyn 2y ago>they are very much not specific to one culture. It's American culture. Or as Civilization would put it: We made them buy our blue jeans and listen to our pop music. Note: I disagree with all the other points like "ugly" and "childish".
- chriswarbo 2y agoTangentially: ERNIE is probably the most famous "computer" in the UK, which has been picking winners for the UK's premium bonds scheme since the 1950s. It was heavily marketed, to get the public used to the new-fangled idea of electronics, and is sometimes considered one of the first computers; though (a) it was more of a special-purpose random number generator rather than a computer, and (b) it descended from the earlier Colossus code-breaking machines of World War II (though the latter's existence was kept secret for decades). The latest ERNIE is version 5, which uses quantum effects to generate its random numbers (earlier versions used electrical and thermal noise). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium_Bonds#ERNIE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium_Bonds#ERNIE
- timClicks 2y agoMore generally, using the prefix "Modern" haunts every product name that uses it. Technologies move fast and modern becomes antiquated very quickly.
- int_19h 2y agoIt'll just get shortened to Mobert in the long run anyway.
- bclavie 2y agoWe had a bit of a discussion around it, but I figured that 6 years warranted the prefix, and it's easier to remember in the sea of new acronyms popping up everyday. Besides, PostModernBERT will be there for us for the next generational jump.