BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoLLMs have a strong bias against use of African American Englisharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down133cross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonetechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkLLMs have a strong bias against use of African American Englisharstechnica.comBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonetechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squaremadcat@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down23·5 months agoBecause there is no such thing as “African American English”. There is proper English and then there is slang.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·5 months agoColor or colour? Truck or lorry? Cookie or biscuit?Which one is “proper”?
minus-squareGrippler@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoColour, lorry, biscuit…NEEEEXT
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·5 months agoWhat you call “proper English” (or “proper” any other language) is merely an arbitrary construct. It is not set on stone. That applies to all levels of a language, by the way, not just vocabulary (“slang”).
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·5 months agoNever heard of AAVE? There isn’t one immutable version of English
minus-squareVerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·5 months agoLmao get out you weird bigot
minus-squaremadcat@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSlang is slang. It’s always used verbally. I am not sure why someone would expect a llm to generate proper slang. Not sure at all how stating that fact makes one a “bigot”.
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s bad enough the American’s are too stupid to use the proper one that we have to have two. But people talking incorrectly is not a reason to write like that. Unless it’s a character speaking or whatever.
Because there is no such thing as “African American English”. There is proper English and then there is slang.
Color or colour? Truck or lorry? Cookie or biscuit?Which one is “proper”?
Colour, lorry, biscuit…NEEEEXT
What you call “proper English” (or “proper” any other language) is merely an arbitrary construct. It is not set on stone.
That applies to all levels of a language, by the way, not just vocabulary (“slang”).
Never heard of AAVE? There isn’t one immutable version of English
Lmao get out you weird bigot
Slang is slang. It’s always used verbally. I am not sure why someone would expect a llm to generate proper slang. Not sure at all how stating that fact makes one a “bigot”.
It’s bad enough the American’s are too stupid to use the proper one that we have to have two.
But people talking incorrectly is not a reason to write like that. Unless it’s a character speaking or whatever.