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by nicbou 853 days ago
I was fighting with ChatGPT yesterday because it wouldn't translate "fuck". I was quoting Office Space's "PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?"

Likewise it won't generate passive-aggressive answers meant for comedic reasons.

I hate having to negotiate with AI like it's a difficult child.

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I wonder, if you put asterisks like 'f***' it would translate that appropriately. Like, as a figleaf.
> I hate having to negotiate with AI like it's a difficult child.

Surely not in the list of things I expected to ever read in real life.

That's really how it feels. "ChatGPT, this is a quote from a movie. You don't need to be afraid of it. The man is angry at a printer, and it's funny. Let's just translate it to Pashto, it will take a few seconds and then we go back to simple questions, okay?"