Just got schooled by an AI.

According to Wiktionary:

(UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/

…there are indeed only two /ɹ/ in strawberry.

So much for dissing on AIs for not being able to count.

  • megopie@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    22 days ago

    I asked it how many X’s there are in the word Bordeaux it told me there are none.

    I asked it how many times X is pronounced in Bordeaux it told me the x in Bordeaux isn’t pronounced with the word ending in an “o” sound.

    I asked it how many “o” there are in Bordeaux it told me there are no o in Bordeaux.

    So, is it counting the sounds made in the word? Or is it counting the letters? Or is it doing none of the above and just giving a probabilistic output based on an existing corpus of language, without any thought or concepts.

    • jarfil@beehaw.orgOP
      1·
      21 days ago

      Yes, no, both… and all other interpretations… all at once.

      With any ambiguity in a prompt, it assumes a “blend” of all the possible interpretations, then responds using them all over the place.

      In the case of “Bordeaux”:

      It’s pronounced “bor-DOH”, with the emphasis on the second syllable and a silent “x.”

      So… depending on how you squint: there is no “o”, no “x”, only a “bor” and a “doh”, with a “silent x”, and ending in an “oh like o”.

      Perfectly “logical” 🤷