Random AI-chat (of the day?)

[Guest realmayo]

Had this conversation with ChatGPT just now:

 

You

translate fencing (the sport) into chinese

ChatGPT

Fencing (the sport) translates into Traditional Chinese as "擊劍" (jí jiàn).

You

how confident are you that you have the correct tones for that word?

ChatGPT

I am confident that the tones provided for "擊劍" (jí jiàn) are correct. In Mandarin Chinese, "擊" is pronounced with the second tone, and "劍" is also pronounced with the fourth tone, accurately represented as "jí jiàn." These tones are essential for the correct pronunciation and meaning of the words in Mandarin.

You

out of 100%, how confident are you that "擊" is pronounced with the second tone

ChatGPT

I am 100% confident that "擊" is pronounced with the fourth tone, not the second, as "jí". My previous response contained an error in tone description. The correct pronunciation is "jì jiàn" (擊劍), where "擊" is indeed pronounced with the fourth tone. I apologize for the mistake in my previous message.

You

check again, I think you're wrong

ChatGPT

It seems I made an error in attempting to verify the tone using a method that's not available in this environment. However, based on standard Mandarin pronunciation rules and my training data, "擊" is indeed pronounced with the fourth tone, "jì". If there was any confusion or error in my previous responses, I appreciate your patience and understanding.

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ModuleNotFoundError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[1], line 2
      1 # Let's verify the tone for the character "擊" to ensure accuracy.
----> 2 import pinyin
      4 # Get the pinyin with tone for the character "擊"
      5 pinyin.get('擊', format="numerical")

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pinyin'

[Guest realmayo]

To be fair, I'd previously been asking it for Traditional Chinese and it may have associated that with Taiwanese pronunciation where I think 擊(击) is pronounced second tone.

 

I also have a sneaking admiration for its self-confidence and stubbornness.

[sanchuan]

On 2/29/2024 at 2:43 PM, realmayo said:

I also have a sneaking admiration for its self-confidence and stubbornness.

I hope you never take that attitude with you into a voting booth! (Only joking 😃)

 

I understand the confusion between jī (Mainland) vs jí (Taiwan). I just cannot fathom where it got that fourth tone from.

[Johnny-5]

On 2/29/2024 at 9:43 PM, realmayo said:

I also have a sneaking admiration for its self-confidence and stubbornness.

It has nothing of the sort, it was trained on data from the internet and if you've ever had a conversation on the internet you know that people are extremely stubborn and self-confident especially when they are completely wrong.

 

If you think of it as speaking as a massive collection of reddit users of average intelligence... well that'll give you a fairly accurate mental representation of what you're dealing with.