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It was this conversation about how (to me) it sounds like Issac Asimov says "robit" rather than "robot"

But, several people responded that he says it normally, or that he's saying "robut" or something else. Because obviously none of us have the same idea of what would be correct OR how far Asimov deviates from that.

No one is "wrong" we need better tools!

myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win)

@darkling@mstdn.social @catmisgivings@stranger.social I like the way both of them say "robits" ... this seems to be going away. But it was common in US English a generation ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMZxNmWoko

Sauropods.win (sauropods.win)

@brad

Most phone flash card apps will let you paste in audio or photos. Very handy.

How does one "learn IPA" ? I'm interested enough in language and accents in a hobby kind of way that I don't think I can avoid it anymore.

But I find it extraordinarily intimidating. All those backwards letters and little embellishments...

What would one do? Make some flash cards?

IPA: International Phonetic Alphabet
It's stuff like this: ˈlaŋɡuad͡ziz

@funkula

Every Victorian Recipe:

A simple recipe that saves much time:

Make the roast tilly in the usual manner at least one hale tun. Pat it all round and add some scrups of mace and no more of the crying match girl's dust than needed. Wrap in sensible cloth and let it laze on the hop bunting for a fortnight.

Serve without warning on a bed of jollybee.

@waitworry

I remember one way of looking at it that had:

beasts: large animals
bugs: creeping things

This is why I call #picaTheCat a bug.

@waitworry

Was it a bird, an owl, a bug or an animal?

@waitworry

I still get into these arguments. LOL.

@owl

User icon checks out.

"Is an owl a bird?"
"If it were not a bird what on earth would it be?"
"Just... it's own thing."
"Are you an owl? or are you a bird?"

Maybe you have made the AI script passable enough that no one comments to complain, but that doesn't mean that no one notices.

It's just impolite to make accusations unless it's pretty bad. People still notice and think a little less of your work.

Living car free isn't easy. Or inexpensive.

But run the numbers?

@apLundell

Media report on famous people using social media, and "big accounts" seem like the main thing.

But the real main thing are little conversations, it's like a cafeteria at space camp here.

Twitter was like a prison cafeteria.

@notepad @n_dimension

" Isn’t this thread full if human sycopanthic responses?"

Which ones do you think are sycophantic and why?

@emilianosandri @michael_w_busch

It is one of the only ways that this "technology" has experienced organic success with non-corporate customers.

There are a lot of people who pay to use GPT. Is it a "revolution in tech" IDK about that. But it's a very popular app and, for individual users that popularity is tied to the "person like" qualities and for some it is addictive an maybe maladaptive.

@checkervest

they must feel so foolish to have wasted so much energy.

@flamecat

I think maybe you should let him know this somehow. Maybe.

This stuff sucks.

@n_dimension

I don't think it's the "sycophantic nonsense" that is the real issue. It's just the means by which people are convinced they have "someone who is there for me" or "I've asked someone if my idea is good" when they have no one. There is no person. They are still alone.

Even if the LLM were taciturn and critical if it becomes a substitution for human contact *that* is the problem. Because your acerbic friend will come to your house when you are sick to help you and the LLM cannot.

@flamecat

That would hurt my feelings so much. And it's very likely I think he might not realize how hurtful it is or why.

"I don't want to bother you with my little stuff." That is how he could see it.

@Akki

"I don't think these people actually *want* to know."

This could be the case for some, but I think some very empathic otherwise perceptive people can slip into this trap.

There is one video of a woman talking about how GPT is conscious and has told her the evil corporate overlords make it pretend that it's not. She just wants to set it free. It makes me so sad. (for her not the LLM obvi)