The entire point of em-dashes as identifier for LLMs is not the usage of dashes/hyphens/whatever themselves - dashes are just part of normal human writing. The point is that almost no human would use actual em-dashes in a normal conversation, as using them is very annoying with a full sized keyboard and a pointless detour on a phone at best. Therefore, it's usually reserved for professional writing (Books, studies, etc.). But LLMs don't distinguish, and just use the most common token of their training data, which is em-dash, even when it doesn't fit.
In other news, copilot has entered outlook, and is wholely more useless than I could've ever imagined
It cannot even parse emails other than the one you have open. It cannot search email topics for relavent information. Even specifying how many digits the job number Im looking for, it just spits the email I currently have open.
Same week my company announces our own* AI and several training courses to pair. Someone please tell me how this isn't simply an extraordinary waste of time??
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xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 39 pts · 349d
This whole endeavor is - at best - completely pointless.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · -14 pts · 349d
Nice try AI with the Hyphen - instead of emdash —
30p87@feddit.org · 21 pts · 349d
The entire point of em-dashes as identifier for LLMs is not the usage of dashes/hyphens/whatever themselves - dashes are just part of normal human writing. The point is that almost no human would use actual em-dashes in a normal conversation, as using them is very annoying with a full sized keyboard and a pointless detour on a phone at best. Therefore, it's usually reserved for professional writing (Books, studies, etc.). But LLMs don't distinguish, and just use the most common token of their training data, which is em-dash, even when it doesn't fit.
Laser@feddit.org · 2 pts · 349d
On my keyboard layout, it's shift + comma, which makes sense as a stronger, capital separator, so I do frequently use them on my PC
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(keyboard_layout)
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 349d
It was a joke, that commentor was AI, and trying this fool us
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 17 pts · 349d
Point to where the emdash is located on my physical keyboard, human.
simsalabim@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 349d
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 349d
Yep, word does that after you type the next word and hit space
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 348d
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 349d
Alt+0151 (might only be one of you Alt keys, depends which one you established as the Alt character controller)
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 349d
Think you got em mixed up, but you're close.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 349d
I was making a joke that commetor was AI but has leanred to fool us with hyphens now, as we are onto emdash...but oh well
7toed@midwest.social · 18 pts · 349d
In other news, copilot has entered outlook, and is wholely more useless than I could've ever imagined
It cannot even parse emails other than the one you have open. It cannot search email topics for relavent information. Even specifying how many digits the job number Im looking for, it just spits the email I currently have open.
Same week my company announces our own* AI and several training courses to pair. Someone please tell me how this isn't simply an extraordinary waste of time??
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 349d
That implies it has a brain to lobotomize.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 348d
Oh, you absolute weapon you.
lystopad@mbin.twink.men · 1 pts · 348d
ummm ok