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…Sumerian, written in cuneiform, was humanity's first writing system. A language that hasn't been spoken in four thousand years. The same question circles aga
by alex_young 11mo ago
…Sumerian, written in cuneiform, was humanity's first writing system. A language that hasn't been spoken in four thousand years.
The same question circles again: Why am I doing this?
Why am I trying to learn Sumerian, a language that hasn't been spoken for five thousand years?…
Watch out reader, by the end it maybe indeed turn out that Sumerian hasn’t been spoken for 10, 20, or 30 thousand years. The LLM just doesn’t know what sounds better.
- jackhalford 11mo agoFrom wikipedia > Attested from c. 2900 BC. Went out of vernacular use around 1700 BC; used as a classical language until about 100 AD. So vernacular use stopped roughly 3725 years ago
- alex_young 11mo agoMaybe indeed an LLM would have caught my little faux pas, or perhaps invented a more eloquent one.
- curtisblaine 11mo ago> Maybe indeed an LLM would have caught my little faux pas, or perhaps invented a more eloquent one. reply Did you just respond to yourself but forgot to switch your handle?
- typpilol 11mo agoLiterally lol
- monero-xmr 11mo agoIt is impossible to believe anything on the internet anymore
- csomar 11mo agoIt might be his aircover digital worker who does automated sales call (and maybe writing)?
- oytis 11mo agoDamn, I start feeling like a granny who believes everything Facebook feed shows her
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- iLoveOncall 11mo agoThis is so weird, because the author of the comment isn't the author of the article, given how different they look on their respective pictures. Not too sure what the incentive is here. Maybe just advertising his AI business?
- probably_wrong 11mo agoI think you're being too generous by assuming that both of those pictures are real pictures.
- IntrepidPig 11mo agoTruly what is going on
- alex_young 11mo agoYep, I meant to reply to myself. I was pointing out that the typo in my first comment could have been caught by an LLM.
- yard2010 11mo agoCan you please explain?
- testdelacc1 11mo agoI wonder if this is because it’s trained on Reddit threads? There are these threads where someone says “wow, they found $100k at the drug bust??” And then next guy says “yeah $80k is a crazy number for a single bust” followed by “well done on them for finding $50k”.
- dkga 11mo agoI chucked because it reminded me of the Steven Soderbergh movie with Matt Damon, "The Informant!"
- ErroneousBosh 11mo ago> Watch out reader, by the end it maybe indeed turn out that Sumerian hasn’t been spoken for 10, 20, or 30 thousand years. The LLM just doesn’t know what sounds better. "Dad, can I have ten pounds?" "Five pounds? What do you want two pounds for? I'm not giving you a pound just like that without a reason!"
- ncruces 11mo agoMy version ends with “take one and get something for your brother too.”
- stared 11mo agoIt reminds me of David from Prometheus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfx05qKVxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfx05qKVxg.