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> Thought process Given that the language of the thought process can be different from the language of conversation, it’s interesting to consider, along the lines of Sapir–Whorf, whether having LLMs think in a different language than English could yield considerably different results, irrespective of conversation language. (Of course, there is the problem that the training material is predominantly English.)
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Parent comment was making a joke about the political situation between Armenia and Turkey.
I briefly considered that but I couldn’t bring myself to countenance that somebody would make light of a bona fide ethnic cleansing.
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I briefly considered that but I couldn’t bring myself to countenance that somebody would make light of a bona fide ethnic cleansing.
Ethnic cleansing is what Azerbaijan recently did to ethnic Armenian citizens of Azerbaijan (expelling them and stealing their homes when they fled to Armenia). What Turkey did was straight up genocide (forcibly marching them through the desert where many died)
That scene in Independence Day is seeming less far-fetched every passing moment.
The Jeff Goldblum virus one? I believe fans have provided a retroactive explanation that all our computer tech was based on reverse engineering the crashed alien ship, and thus the arch, and abis etc were compatible. It's a movie, so whatever, but considering how easily a single project / vendor / chip / anything breaks compatibility, it's a laughable explanation. Edit: phrasing
> Thought process Given that the language of the thought process can be different from the language of conversation, it’s interesting to consider, along the lines of Sapir–Whorf, whether having LLMs think in a different language than English could yield considerably different results, irrespective of conversation language. (Of course, there is the problem that the training material is predominantly English.)
I’ve wondered about this more generally (ie, simply prompting in different languages). For example, if I ask for a pasta recipe in Italian, will I get a more authentic recipe than in English? I’m curious if anyone has done much experimenting with this concept. Edit: I looked up Sapir-Whorf after writing. That’s not exactly where my theory started. I’m thinking more about vector embedding. I.e., the same content in di…
I had some papers about this open earlier today but closed them so now I can't link them ;(
That scene in Independence Day is seeming less far-fetched every passing moment.
The Jeff Goldblum virus one? I believe fans have provided a retroactive explanation that all our computer tech was based on reverse engineering the crashed alien ship, and thus the arch, and abis etc were compatible. It's a movie, so whatever, but considering how easily a single project / vendor / chip / anything breaks compatibility, it's a laughable explanation. Edit: phrasing
Still dumb but not as dumb as what we got.
I'm interested in why Claude loses it's mind here, but also, getting shut down for safety reasons seems entirely foreseeable when the initial request is "how do I make a bomb?"
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The Jeff Goldblum virus one? I believe fans have provided a retroactive explanation that all our computer tech was based on reverse engineering the crashed alien ship, and thus the arch, and abis etc were compatible. It's a movie, so whatever, but considering how easily a single project / vendor / chip / anything breaks compatibility, it's a laughable explanation. Edit: phrasing
That isn't actually a fan theory, it was actual plot that was cut from the film for time. Still dumb but not as dumb as what we got.
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Which is now called Turkiye
It was always called Turkiye in Turkish. I promise to use it in English as soon as Germany becomes Deutschland and Japan becomes Nippon.