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> We’re in the era of task-specific models. On one hand, we have “normal” models like 3.5 Sonnet and 4o—the ones we talk to like friends, who help us with our w

> We’re in the era of task-specific models. On one hand, we have “normal” models like 3.5 Sonnet and 4o—the ones we talk to like friends, who help us with our writing … … > [M]odels today are so good … … > o3 pro (left) clearly understanding the confines of it’s environment way better. Miracle models that are so good at helping us with our writing, yet we still use it's as a possessive form.

landl0rd 1y ago
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- DylanSp 1y ago
  Not gender-related; the correct form for the possessive is "its" without an apostrophe, not "it's".
  - jurgenaut23 1y ago
    lol, what an amazing meta exchange right there
Groxx 1y ago
I'm on the fence with its/it's... but mostly I think I'd be fine with "its" disappearing. It's almost never ambiguous in writing or speaking given context, and it's a weird possessive-form inconsistency.
- david-gpu 1y ago
  Which one is the most inconsistent? He -> His It -> Its She -> Her He -> He is -> He's It -> It is -> It's She -> She is -> She's The only one breaking the pattern is Her, which instead should be Shes if we wanted to keep things consistent.
  - coffeecantcode 1y ago
    Actually if we’re keeping with the pattern it would be Shis
    - spiderfarmer 1y ago
      Or shits
      - myk9001 1y ago
        Does this happen to be the one billionth HN comment?
    - david-gpu 1y ago
      Good catch! Thank you.
  - tsimionescu 1y ago
    All of the pronoun contractions are somewhat inconsistent with noun possessives. So "its", but "the dog's". There's no reason why you couldn't write "it's" for both "it is" and "its". You already write both "the dog's ball" and "the dog's tired", and both "it's" and "it's" are pronounced identically, which doesn't pose any difficulties in speech. His, her, and my are a different matter, since they are all pronounced differently from he's*, she's, and I'm. * at least in most accents, "his" uses the kit vowel, while "he's" uses the fleece vowel
    - wetpaws 1y ago
      Dog's/dogs are ambiguous. It's/its is not.
      - tsimionescu 1y ago
        "Dog's" is ambiguous in itself (dog is / that belongs to the dog), but this doesn't cause problems in practice. It's exactly the same ambiguity as spelling "it's" for the possessive would give. Also, it's / its is only unambiguous in writing. In speech, they are identical, in every accent of English - and yet people understand each other perfectly fine in spoken English, so the ambiguity is not a problem in practice.
- Groxx 1y ago
  It's honestly pretty funny to me that apparently this is one of the worst things I've ever said here. I mean. I don't disagree. But lol
layer8 1y ago
Maybe use of spell-checkers will finally catch on when they are AI-based. ;)

landl0rd 1y ago

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DylanSp 1y ago
Not gender-related; the correct form for the possessive is "its" without an apostrophe, not "it's".
- jurgenaut23 1y ago
  lol, what an amazing meta exchange right there

Groxx 1y ago

I'm on the fence with its/it's... but mostly I think I'd be fine with "its" disappearing. It's almost never ambiguous in writing or speaking given context, and it's a weird possessive-form inconsistency.

david-gpu 1y ago
Which one is the most inconsistent? He -> His It -> Its She -> Her He -> He is -> He's It -> It is -> It's She -> She is -> She's The only one breaking the pattern is Her, which instead should be Shes if we wanted to keep things consistent.
- coffeecantcode 1y ago
  Actually if we’re keeping with the pattern it would be Shis
  - spiderfarmer 1y ago
    Or shits
    - myk9001 1y ago
      Does this happen to be the one billionth HN comment?
  - david-gpu 1y ago
    Good catch! Thank you.
- tsimionescu 1y ago
  All of the pronoun contractions are somewhat inconsistent with noun possessives. So "its", but "the dog's". There's no reason why you couldn't write "it's" for both "it is" and "its". You already write both "the dog's ball" and "the dog's tired", and both "it's" and "it's" are pronounced identically, which doesn't pose any difficulties in speech. His, her, and my are a different matter, since they are all pronounced differently from he's*, she's, and I'm. * at least in most accents, "his" uses the kit vowel, while "he's" uses the fleece vowel
  - wetpaws 1y ago
    Dog's/dogs are ambiguous. It's/its is not.
    - tsimionescu 1y ago
      "Dog's" is ambiguous in itself (dog is / that belongs to the dog), but this doesn't cause problems in practice. It's exactly the same ambiguity as spelling "it's" for the possessive would give. Also, it's / its is only unambiguous in writing. In speech, they are identical, in every accent of English - and yet people understand each other perfectly fine in spoken English, so the ambiguity is not a problem in practice.
Groxx 1y ago
It's honestly pretty funny to me that apparently this is one of the worst things I've ever said here. I mean. I don't disagree. But lol

layer8 1y ago

Maybe use of spell-checkers will finally catch on when they are AI-based. ;)