Re:GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better
by oceanplexian on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:26PM
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I have never use the phrase passed away.
Always died, dead, gone, or something along those lines. When someone says passed away it sounds like they are trying to feign empathy, but hey, perhaps I am not an “aligned” human and need some RLHF.
Re:GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better
by epcoa on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @08:53PM
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I used to live in the south 30 years ago. I remember some southern baptist moms that wouldn't say the word "dead" - sometimes they'd spell it out, lol, similar to the way some people consider hell a swear word. This kind of hypersensitivity wasn't common outside of limited circles then, and it's certainly not more common today.
Similarly I wouldn't consider saying hell in public in 2023 to be a social faux pas.
That’s overly simplistic and an Americanism. The resurgence of the “passed away” euphemism is a recent (about 40 years) phenomenon in American English which seems to have been started out of the funeral industry as prior to that “died” was nearly universal for both news stories and obituaries.
“Died” is not a social faux pas. It’s the good default option as well. Medical professionals are often trained to avoid any euphemisms for death. I’ve never observed any problems professionally (as is standard) or personally using died even with folks that are religious.
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