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Comment · 5 days ago
Not sure what question you're supposing he asked which was in the article. OP's point seemed to be that correct words written by a human could be effectively the same as correct words written by a machine, supposing the machine managed to be correct by learning from human content. The 'obvious' part is this wouldn't be true if the AI content was incorrect. At least that is what I got.
Comment · 3 months ago
I agree with this sentiment but I admit I can't see it cut so cleanly. It's fair that no screens is the ideal, especially for young kids. I struggle to see it as ultimately sad though; if this serves only to replace human interaction for young kids, that would be bad, but this isn't necessarily so.

I think there are real issues in today's world with screens, but software and education have an amazing capability. I'd certainly caution the business towards the subject matter. The moment that this becomes a way for parents to neglect children, or for children to avoid socialisation, then it's sad. Until then, it's good to see any software initiatives aimed at exploring educational software.

Comment · 3 months ago
I don't have a strong opinion either way but it seems unlikely that this was the takeaway
Comment · 3 months ago
True, and they can recommend things too, we're all in agreement
Comment · 4 months ago
With how the record is so correct now, can you clarify for me who was right?

It's the wrong question; the first person was sharing their experience, and the reply jumped to collecting evidence that only vindicated the characterisation of a 'chilly response'. It's a human social skills thing. This place is not github issues. People who actually care will see. People who 'clarify' it here were never maintainers

Comment · 4 months ago
Learn to pick your fights? People can check the history of the git issues if they want to see. The dev clearly had a bone to pick
Comment · 4 months ago
The decision to audit (frankly, aggressively) this guy out the gate with this comment on a discussion thread is not a good look. It's a very unnecessary way to tarnish the reputation of the devs by picking fights with someone sharing their experience. If you can't see how you did that, perhaps you should ask an LLM to help.
Comment · 11 months ago
can you explain? it seems like the shutdown requirements specifically read as regulation which would apply to ai companies
Comment · 1 year ago
Can you clarify your meaning? Genuinely trying to understand. Is it that Beth criticises partisan actions (if you consider FDA's actions partisan, or the CDC's renaming of the mpox), while being partisan herself, which is hypocritical?
Comment · 1 year ago
Sometimes I see a post about sorting algorithms online. Some people seem to benefit from reading about these things, but often, I find there isn't much new information for me. That's OK, because I know somebody somewhere benefits from knowing this.

It is your decision to make this a circlejerk of musings about how the company must be run by amateurs. Whatever crusade you're fighting in vividly criticising them is not valuable at all. People need to learn and share so we can all improve, stop distracting from that point.

Comment · 1 year ago
The takeaway isn't that they didn't understand, it's that they are sharing information which you agree is valuable
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm surprised at this, LLMs have had many developments since Gpt3.5, technologically and culturally. What kind of developments would be impressive to you?
Comment · 1 year ago
Like it or not, this stuff will happen. Might as well have curiosity about it
Comment · 1 year ago
For me, the main interest would be to switch the interface for one language to another in ideally 1-2 clicks; so if there was an interface element that captured the languages I was 'working on' that would be neat. Then I'd be happy to peruse the full list whenever curiosity spikes.

Otherwise, great work on a good use of existing technologies to provide meaningful educational benefit for yourself and others!

Comment · 1 year ago
As a resident Duolingo apologist this is certainly awesome! I appreciate how little landing-page fluff there was before I could give it a shot. I tried Japanese and felt it was only reasonable in tandem with my in-built translation extension, since Kanji-reading knowledge itself is a major hurdle of learning. Furigana would really help this, but personally, being able to translate the words I pick helps a lot during the challenge of hearing new vocabulary in native Japanese.

As well, I am learning multiple languages, and noticed that the settings panel seems to be the way to switch between them. I think it's a little unnatural to force a user to do this, but if there's an intention for bookmarking languages of interest for separate collections of videos & transcription exercises I can say I'd be happy to pay, honestly. The pricing itself seems reasonable and I appreciate that I can feel the app out for free.

Interesting project!

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