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by kapp_in_life 935 days ago
Neat. How translatable are tones of voice for intent across languages? Like does a person trying to do a "nerdy" voice(nasally, whiny, etc.) in English translate to the "nerdy" stereotype for a French speaker. Seems to do very good on whispers which made me wonder what could be next.
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If you don't speak the language into which these models translate your inputs, how do you know if or why the model has generated, without being commanded to do so, a campy American gay male sociolect, or an African American regional accent, or some other thing that may convey unintended meaning to native listeners?