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[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Set aside the cut n paste, what exactly would the Grokanical Türk "fix"?

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

I keep seeing claims that grok is a "mechanical Turk", but searching turns up nothing. What evidence is there of this?

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Of being a person responding instead of an llm.

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh. Funny, I use the term as a metaphor for a mechanical system that's entertaining but not really useful.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Ah, ok. That's not really what it means, but I see what you meant.

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