Re:Is Mandarin superior for LLM data?
by ggm on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @12:38AM
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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)
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)