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VS1999 | 1 year ago

This habit of latching onto one word specifically to ignore what everyone knows is obnoxious, pedantic, and most of the time not even technically correct. It's just stupid quibbling over how words in English can be used to mean different things. And just so you know, the model doesn't "learn" anything, you're just adjusting weights until you get a desired result.

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elicksaur|1 year ago

“What everyone knows” - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BNfL58ijGawgpkh9b/everybody-...

More broadly, the meaning and usage of specific words are important for these products because they shape how people perceive their utility.

If a thing isn’t “correct” because it has no sense of understanding, and therefore is only “correct” due to projection by the user, then that’s a super important distinction.