Isn't it almost the same in English? Object is also a verb that means take a stand against.
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#72I find it mildly amusing that the article makes the following point regarding "Gegenstand": > Objects aren’t just inert stuff – they do something. ...while many words in Germany are just "stuff" (Zeug). A plane is a Fly-Stuff (Flugzeug). A lighter is a Fire-Stuff (Feuerzeug). A vehicle is a Drive-Stuff (Fahrzeug). A toy is a Play-Stuff (Spielzeug). And the list goes on!
Zeug is better translated to gear. The famous gearhouse (Zeughaus) is for armament.
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#76I only knew a few words—Wille and Vorstellung—from The World as Will and Representation by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
Wille cannot connect directly to another; it can only be connected through Vorstellung. Some may excel at connecting the Wille behind the Vorstellung, while others do not.
But LLMs excel at this; they can grasp the Wille behind almost any text, which is essentially a form of Vorstellung.
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#77Absolutely magnificent read - also, yet another testament as to the immense worth of languages (and multi culturalism even) as an approach to things, widening our range. Language shapes thought. Thought shapes action. Action shapes reality.-
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#78"Einstürzende Neubauten"
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#79Brings to mind the phrase, "the innate animosity of inanimate objects".
(Can't remember now where I chanced upon this.)
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#80The article left me with one question: If LLMs use human-written documentation or words, like books and articles, as training data right now (which is obviously the best quality you can get), what will LLMs use in the future? When will we reach the point of no return, where training data is data produced by LLMs (which is obviously of lesser quality)?
Recycled thoughts—just like we humans do. Most of our thoughts are recycled, not entirely new.