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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Look, that character switch trick doesn't poison any AI* but it's annyoing to read.

* Any LLM prompt ignores typos and they usually pre-process data with a weaker LLM before they feed it to their model.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not an LLM poisoning thing, they just legitimately believe in bringing back the thorn character.

I agree, it's ineffective and annoying.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I like the idea, but I'm annoyed by the inconsistency.

The þ is the th sound in "both", but not the th sound in "the"; that's a ð.

Ðough, ðat, ðere

Þorough, boþ, þree