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Re: Xiaomi MiMo Reasoning Model

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Post by est »

keepamovin wrote: post #53
fredwu wrote: post #43

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Not sure why it would be "funny" as this is literally why they named the company Xiaomi. Source (Chinese): https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2020-11-26/detail-iiznctke33979...

For me it's funny that all the products are called "Rice-something" that's funny, hahaha! :)

Nah, Xiaomi literally means Millet, which also prefixes Mi.

Re: Xiaomi MiMo Reasoning Model

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Post by est »

kzz102 wrote: post #38
cruzcampo wrote: post #21

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Does Xiaomi literally mean Little Rice? That's what my very limited mandarin would suggest

Xiaomi can also mean millet. I think it's a reference to this Mao quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet_plus_rifles?wprov=sfla1

That's just a fun coicidence but in reality LeiJun and 12 others from Kingsoft Corp founded Xiaomi after they had a bowl of millet gruel.

https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3028654/documentary...

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Post by fenprace »

cruzcampo wrote: post #21
keepamovin wrote: post #4

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Does Xiaomi literally mean Little Rice? That's what my very limited mandarin would suggest

Mandarin speaker here. Literally, Yes. Xiaomi means 'little rice'. But in reality when people say xiaomi, they always refer to another kind of crop, foxtail millet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtail_millet). It is a traditional food and still very common in China and other place in Asia.

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Post by ReptileMan »

bojan wrote: post #68
keepamovin wrote: post #53

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For me it's funny that all the products are called "Rice-something" that's funny, hahaha! :)

Not that different from "apple" something.

Not quite. Rice-something has been used for goods coming from East Asia - depending on the quality of the goods in both derogatory and non derogatory manner. Like rice rockets - the japanese ultra high performance sport bikes for example

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Post by rahimnathwani »

34679 wrote: post #77
lvl155 wrote: post #65

Why are there so many English-first AI models from China? Are they not interested in serving their own population? Or is it that if they publish Chinese-first models it won't get publicity in the West?

Nearly everyone in the urban areas of China spoke some English when I visited way back in 1995. It's a bilingual society.

I lived in Beijing and Shanghai for 9 years (2010-2019) and this is NOT my impression at all.

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Post by thijson »

bojan wrote: post #68
keepamovin wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me it's funny that all the products are called "Rice-something" that's funny, hahaha! :)

Not that different from "apple" something.

I was reading the Steve Jobs biography and thought it was interesting that the choice in the name "apple" came from him wanting something that came before Atari in the yellow pages, and also that he had spent time at a Hippie apple orchard in Oregon.

I was reading a Jack Tramiel biography recently, and read that early on the two Steve's sought to sell Apple to Commodore for under a million dollars.

Re: Xiaomi MiMo Reasoning Model

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Post by rahimnathwani »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #75
lvl155 wrote: post #65

Why are there so many English-first AI models from China? Are they not interested in serving their own population? Or is it that if they publish Chinese-first models it won't get publicity in the West?

English won. The Chinese youth struggle to write their own calligraphy characters they can read now. Typing favors English.

It's easy and fast to type Chinese sentences using a keyboard.

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Post by crazygringo »

34679 wrote: post #77
lvl155 wrote: post #65

Why are there so many English-first AI models from China? Are they not interested in serving their own population? Or is it that if they publish Chinese-first models it won't get publicity in the West?

Nearly everyone in the urban areas of China spoke some English when I visited way back in 1995. It's a bilingual society.

This is not true. I was in Beijing around then and never met a single person who spoke English if they hadn't learned it for professional reasons (they worked in tourism, international business, etc.).

It could not have been further from a bilingual society.

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