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Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by moffkalast on Monday March 27, 2023 @06:35AM (#35324956)
For those that don't speak Spanish, this is GPT4's frog dissection:

> The joke implies that a Spanish-speaking employee at Nvidia might have come up with the name "CuLitho" because it sounds similar to the Spanish phrase "culo de envidia," which means "butt of envy" or "an envious butt." The phrase is often used to describe someone who is envious or jealous of another person's success or possessions.

Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by andy_ppp on Monday March 27, 2023 @06:45AM (#35325025)
I feel ChatGPT "understands" the vast majority of things better than me, which is very worrying. It's only going to get better too.
Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by Al-Khwarizmi on Monday March 27, 2023 @06:53AM (#35325075)
While it's true that ChatGPT gives amazing explanations in many context, this one is not particularly good.

The point is not that CuLitho is similar to "culo" (ass), as the similarity is not that obvious.

The point is that it's practically identical to "culito" (little ass, where "little" is typically not literally about size, but more of an endearing term - another translation could be cute ass).

The similarity is large enough that, at least in places where we use that term (not sure if it's used in the whole Spanish-speaking world, but e.g. in Spain it is) there's no way to read that name with a straight face.

Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by stavros on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:07AM (#35326202)
Sure, but what does "culito de envidia" mean, other than "little butt of envy"?
Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by sdardo on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:28AM (#35327960)
That's not how languages work. ChatGPT was wrong about it.
Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by rkagerer on Monday March 27, 2023 @03:11PM (#35330981)
Thanks for clearing this up. Great example of how drinking from the fountain of machine generated content is a watered down experience.

I'm less interested in an AI trained on the droves of mediocre crap out there on the web, but would be super excited if there were one trained on curated material consisting of carefully crafted and authoritative answers like this. Or at least a way to lend greater weight to such inputs.

Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by ben_w on Monday March 27, 2023 @07:15AM (#35325220)
GPT "understanding"[0] more things better than me has never been a worry for me, for the same reason that libraries "knowing"[0] more than me hasn't worried me.

It's the possibility of it understanding what I'm best at, better than I do, that makes me concerned.

What will our John Henry moment look like?[1]

[0] for whatever definition you want to use for these words; I like them in these contexts, but it doesn't matter if this submarine is swimming or not

[1] I'm not sure if this was in a carton I saw as a young child, but I mainly remember a variation of the tale from Civilisation Beyond Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_(folklore)

Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by freejazz on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:18AM (#35326971)
It's worrying for you
Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by ladyanita22 on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:53AM (#35326693)
I am spaniard, and I can tell you this is 100% accurate.
Re:Nvidia Unveils CuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational ... by mnl on Monday March 27, 2023 @12:33PM (#35328791)
Yeah right, but such "phrase" isn't used in Spanish, just google it. Yet another case of plausible meaningless output.