[HN Gopher] AWS services, explained in Victorian English with GPT-3
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AWS services, explained in Victorian English with GPT-3
Author : thesephist
Score : 71 points
Date : 2022-08-29 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| bottlepalm wrote:
| Similar to electricity in the 1700's, is AI in its 'parlor trick'
| phase? Really feels like we're close to the edge with AI where it
| might start to snowball hard.
| raymondh wrote:
| This is priceless.
| gerdesj wrote:
| Bollocks - really, really big bollocks.
|
| I'm 52 and wrote quite a few letters by hand on paper and posted
| them. You do not get to riff about something you have never
| experienced. This wankery is absolute twaddle.
|
| I doubt that whomever created this monstrosity has actually
| written a letter or a bluey.
|
| I've read through the nonsense "by an army of ethereal code-
| monkeys" and it is awful. Who on earth says: "It is a rare thing,
| my lord"? For starters Lord (capital L) and no one I know would
| even say that.
|
| This is not Victorian English. It is not even English English.
| nimbius wrote:
| the elastic container service definition reads like an absolute
| funding pitch and i love every word of it.
| IIAOPSW wrote:
| Truly a relic of the timeline where not only was Mr. Babbage
| successful in building his analytical engine, but proceeded to
| commercialize it as a service.
| kwertyoowiyop wrote:
| AEaaS
| _joel wrote:
| "EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)
|
| The tried and trusted method to conjure the dark arts known as
| "Kubernetes" is one of great study and contemplation, for it is
| not to be taken lightly, this dark path on which you embark. With
| dedication and perseverance, you may find success where others
| have failed. Trust in yourself, and the rewards shall be great."
|
| Can't argue with that!
| explaingarlic wrote:
| Lord knows a product is problematic and complicated when it's
| synopsis badly translated into Victorian English seems "about
| right".
| inopinatus wrote:
| Sad tidings from the East, where yonder instances doth fall most
| oft amongst all the realms, for wracked so are they, even as the
| wisest proclaim fields of naught but green and plenty, and thy
| brethren summon a sniveling servant, fulsome with sorrow, yet
| pacified shall ye be not, and for want of foresight do thy
| services flail over unto the West, and the Beast of Lag shall
| arise, and thine masters be sorely vex'd
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| amelius wrote:
| I'd like to see DALL-E making a painting of what GPT-3 looked
| like if it were a human.
| IIAOPSW wrote:
| My very first prompt to Craiyon was to generate a self
| portrait. In two of the outputs it showed me a picture of
| someone holding up another persons picture in front of their
| face.
| andy_ppp wrote:
| Is it self aware? That is pretty interesting inference
| anyway, I guess we'll never understand why it "thinks" this
| way.
| high_pathetic wrote:
| > "an army of ethereal code-monkeys"
|
| this is poetic
| KaoruAoiShiho wrote:
| Someone with an English degree explain, why did Victorians back
| in the day think that degree of wordiness was good writing?
| jedberg wrote:
| Most authors were paid by the word at the time.
| crooked-v wrote:
| One classic example would be Charles Dickens, whose novels
| started out as serialized chapters in newspapers. While it
| doesn't take away from him being an excellent writer, if you
| ever wonder why some of his stuff seems to have filler
| chapters... well, now you know.
| mc32 wrote:
| Likewise why were German philosophers and thinkers so apt to
| write dense and convoluted sentences? I'd like to know.
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