Why don't they just use an emoji to replace this whole boilerplate phrase? It would make it more bearable. For each of the boilerplate phrases one emoji. Or just have a bunch of tags #Cutoff_2021, #LM_can't
In my native tongue, this kind of speaking is called "wooden language" and it is considered insulting.
I'm just imagining a random elderly person trying ChatGPT for the first time and getting a robot emoji with #Cutoff_2021 after asking a question about Donald Trump
Would you mind sharing what your native tongue is? The negative connotation of "wooden language" is fascinating. [1]
[1] Just a note for others similarly fascinated by these sorts of linguistic items, there's an excellent book that explores this concept space: Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
I'm not the person you replied to, but in my native tongue (English), excessive repetition is also poor usage. Repeating the question too literally is indicative of unsophisticated (pre-college) writing, and repeating the same phrases word for word a signal that you don't believe your listener is paying attention to your words (as opposed to rephrasing, which signals that your prior explanation might have been unclear).
I've been a bit shocked how poor ChatGPT's usage is - it writes more like a very articulate 15 year old than like an adult - and how nobody else seems to notice. I can't help but think part of the reason nobody is noticing is that most of the attention is coming from engineers (for whom language is not a top skill).
Everybody noticed. It's what people mean when they refer to a comment sounding like it was written by ChatGPT.
I suspect it's a deliberate choice, much as The Sun newspaper aims at an 8 year old reading level, while newspapers like The Times or Guardian aim at 14 year old. Try asking ChatGPT to shift to a more advanced level.
Also, the whole "say what you're going to say, say it, say what you said" technique is very common because it works. Even "smart" people don't remember things quite as well as they think they do.
> I've been a bit shocked how poor ChatGPT's usage is - it writes more like a very articulate 15 year old than like an adult - and how nobody else seems to notice.
No, we're just mesmerized that a freaking machine, a bunch of PCBs and wires, can fairly convincingly impersonate a 15 year old, including making stuff up with great confidence.
I thought they meant it in the context of boilerplate, which is a little different than what’s described in the wiki link. But I think we’re probably just talking about subtle shades and degrees of of the sense. I had thought the original comment was referencing a non-English term that had a literal translation to English as “wooden” but with a subtle difference in meaning than it’s usage in English.
I may have been overthinking things— I do that (and I don’t count it as an inherently positive trait) but the general topic is still interesting and still highly recommend the book I referenced.
I think they have to hedge this way to "make everyone happy", including twitter or publications that want to shame them for what their chatbot has said.
> "However, as an AI language model, I don't"
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Why don't they just use an emoji to replace this whole boilerplate phrase? It would make it more bearable. For each of the boilerplate phrases one emoji. Or just have a bunch of tags #Cutoff_2021, #LM_can't
In my native tongue, this kind of speaking is called "wooden language" and it is considered insulting.