[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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