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Re:Is Mandarin superior for LLM data? by ggm on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @12:38AM (#47228550)
I'm not saying the possibility isn't there, but I would want to see a really strong case made that language syntax and grapheme/morpheme influences models this way.

IF that was true, then it's interesting because Chinese is anything but the precise language something like Z or Coq or APL tries to be, words have remarkably fluid meaning, highly contextualised. The opportunity for a mis-walk through the information space seems higher, not lower.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but Honey and Winnie the Pooh have two clear meanings now in China. As does Draco Malfoy. I can't see how this helps an LLM.

(I'm an AI skeptic, and a complete outsider in this space)

Re:Is Mandarin superior for LLM data? by re-thc on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @02:46AM (#47229420)
> I can't see how this helps an LLM.

Your examples aren’t language specific though. I doubt English doesn’t have words that have twisted meanings now.