• Grimy@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    So for those that didn’t read the article, it basically explains how LLMs have a negative connotation about AAE. When asked to associate words with AAE written phrases, it used words like “aggressive”. When given a normal English phrase and the same phrase but in AAE and then asked what jobs would suit this person, the LLM gave low income jobs for the AAE statement with broader options for the normal English one.

    It’s a serious problem because people that naturally write in AAE are most likely getting worse results. It stems mostly from old rascist newspaper articles and similar things.

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      3 months ago

      i bet it’s honestly more more from like 4chan and other modern online racist communities. where they would mock aave with racist caricatures. agree with the rest, but if it’s related to aave then i doubt the old newspapers were the source.

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      3 months ago

      It’s a serious problem because people that naturally write in AAE are most likely getting worse results

      Person using LLM built on grammatical rules of the English language has subpar results when operating outside of those rules. More at 6.