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How many r are there in strawberry? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year 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" 🤷

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