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0 pointsmzs3y ago0 comments

Today's submarine from the NYT is hilariously unintentionally unflattering, did someone even proof read this? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/technology/openai-new-gpt...

  Mnemonics to learn basic words:
  Hola:"Hola, cola" - sounds like "cola" (Coke)
  Adiós: "Adiós, my toes" - rhymes with "toes"
  Gracias: "Gracias, grassy ass" - sounds like "grassy ass"
  Mañana: "Mañana, banana" - rhymes with "banana"
  Uno: "Uno, you know" - sounds like "you know"
  Tres: "Tres, dress" - rhymes with "dress"

  Conjugation of the verbs:
  Ser (To be)

  • Yo soy
  • Tú eres
  • Él/Ella/Usted es
  • Nosotros/Nosotras somos
  • Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes son

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steve_adams_863y ago

> Mañana: "Mañana, banana" - rhymes with "banana"

Uh... Almost?

> Gracias: "Gracias, grassy ass" - sounds like "grassy ass"

This seems like it would encourage very coarse pronunciation with an obnoxious accent.

Overall this appears relatively bad. I'm not sure why they would want this to be publicly visible yet.

osculum3y ago

Mañana does rhyme with banana, what do you mean?

But yeah, the mnemonics are awful.

hanifc3y ago

Probably depends on the accent you have. I'm from the US, and the way I say 'banana' doesn't rhyme with mañana, but I can imagine my English friends saying it, which would rhyme.

dimatura3y ago

Yeah, not great, these pronunciation hints kind of sound like what a naive english speaker would guess just from looking at the words (and similarly, like a beginner speaker with a heavy english accent).

ljclifford3y ago

Next token prediction is remarkably bad at mnemonic generation, even in English. Add another, lower-resourced language, and it will be really bad. For what it's worth 'cola' does rhyme with 'hola' and 'you know' rhymes with 'uno', but none of the other combos are even rhymes.

joe51503y ago

it says "uno" sounds like "you know", which is incorrect.

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