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xkcd #3126: Disclaimer

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You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3126/

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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

*in English.

They still suck at many other languages, like Finnish.

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

They're still garbage in finnish. Even if they manage to make grammatically correct sentences, it sounds like incredibly awkward word salad, often there isn't even real meaning in the sentences. Non-human translations have struggled from the beginning and I'm not surprised even the LLMs aren't doing that well.

Kuulostaa siis ihan paskalta ja on edelleen tosi helppoa tunnistaa. Ei akateemikot väännä sellaista tuubaa omin käsin, eikä kukaan normitason juntti taas kirjoita niin jäykästi. Tai ok varmaan oman elämänsä jarisarasvuot yrittää suoltaa samankuuloista tyhjää konsulttiroskaa, mutta olettaisin että ne on juuri sitä porukkaa jotka käyttää tekoälyä muutenkin

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They've mastered Danish, though. Or at least the native speakers can't tell the difference.

https://youtu.be/s-mOy8VUEBk

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

None of the other people in the Nordics are surprised that the native speakers can't tell the difference. We can't either after all