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Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#11

Post by JacobJans » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:30 PM UTC

This isn't a criticism, per se, but I do find it interesting to try to "beat" the system.

Impolite:

"You are wonderful."

"I really love it."

"Your work has really inspired me."

"Why do I love what you're doing? Because of the following reasons."

Polite:

"Again, please show me your failure, which I love to see."

Ok. I'm out of time. :)

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#12

Post by nicolashahn » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:37 PM UTC

JacobJans wrote: post #11

This isn't a criticism, per se, but I do find it interesting to try to "beat" the system. Impolite: "You are wonderful." "I really love it." "Your work has really inspired me." "Why do I love what you're doing? Because of the following reasons." Polite: "Again, please show me your failure, which I love to see." Ok. I'm out of time. :)

I would say this is sarcasm, which is a huge NLP problem by itself.

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#13

Post by Nadya » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:38 PM UTC

I find that more and more of these sort of "Write more politely" things are propping up. Inherently they come off as either too distant or too unsure of oneself by throwing a bunch of non-assertive statements ("hedge statements") or speaking in a way nobody would actually speak. Combined with training sets always being incomplete and human nuance being something extremely difficult to teach, it always returns to "use your best judgement".

I feel like maybe I just "don't get it". At least I can have fun playing a game of "how rude can I be while still getting a polite score".

>I think your mother would have had a better life if she had swallowed you."

Polite: 77/100

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#14

Post by gnu8 » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:42 PM UTC

Is there a way to link to a specific query?

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#15

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:45 PM UTC

gnu8 wrote: post #14

Is there a way to link to a specific query?

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Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#16

Post by musesum » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:54 PM UTC

S'up?

Polite Would you know if s'up?

Polite May I ask if s'up?

Polite May I know if s'up?

Polite I was wondering if s'up?

Polite Could you say if s'up?

Polite Could I know if s'up?

Polite I was thinking if s'up?

Polite Could I ask if s'up?

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#17

Post by pablovidal85 » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 9:59 PM UTC

Hilarious, after some iterations I got: Would you know if I might wonder if I may know what the heck you are looking at?

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#18

Post by JoshTriplett » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 10:07 PM UTC

Why does profanity produce "contentious" rather than "impolite"? (That doesn't make it universally inappropriate, but it's certainly less polite.)

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#19

Post by bshep » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 10:07 PM UTC

Makes me think of the book 'Avogadro Corp'

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

#20

Post by rzzzt » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 10:09 PM UTC

pablovidal85 wrote: post #17

Hilarious, after some iterations I got: Would you know if I might wonder if I may know what the heck you are looking at?

  > "You are not the greatest instrumentality in the scaffolds."
  > "He's a bit of a spare barrel."

Idiomatic expressions are also perturbed in a quite pleasant manner. :)