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It’s a *lot* better these days. Here’s how you could use it to improve the English in your comment:
Can you point out and characterise the grammar mistakes in the following sentence, with tips on how the writer could avoid similar mistakes in future - “I must admit its been a while, but all these things where horrible last time i played with them.”
Sure — that sentence has a few grammar issues, each pointing to a common kind of slip. Here’s the breakdown:
“its been a while” → “it’s been a while”
Mistake: “its” is a possessive pronoun (like his, her, their), while “it’s” is the contraction of “it has”.
Fix: Use “it’s” because the writer means “it has been a while”.
Tip: When in doubt, try expanding “it’s” to “it is” or “it has” and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it doesn’t, you probably want “its”.
“where horrible” → “were horrible”
Mistake: “where” (a location) is confused with “were” (past tense of are).
Fix: Use “were” to correctly form the past tense of “to be”.
Tip: Say it aloud—“they were horrible” sounds natural, while “they where horrible” doesn’t. If it’s a verb (they were), you want “were”.
“i played” → “I played”
Mistake: Lowercase “i”.
Fix: Always capitalize “I” when it’s a pronoun referring to oneself.
Tip: This is more about habit than logic—just train yourself to always type “I” in uppercase, even in casual writing.
Full corrected version:
“I must admit it’s been a while, but all these things were horrible last time I played with them.”
And with the exception of the first, commonplace for a long time.
I would also argue the first use is actually a process flaw if implemented. That’s a great way to make sure no one reads emails, and all kinds of information is lost
Other guy covered it decently. I think it’s also remember to have a little bit of humility and remember that just because you don’t have a use for something doesn’t mean others don’t either. In addition, just because you can’t think of a use for something doesn’t mean there isn’t any. I say this as a huge critic of AI/LLM’s and how they’ve been deployed.
AI audio tools have allowed me to restore audio that five years ago I would’ve said had to be re-recorded or is otherwise unsalvageable.
AI transcription has been one of the greatest gifts to the disabilities community we have seen in decades. It is borderline as significant as screen readers for the visually impaired.
Again, just because you don’t know about applications doesn’t mean there aren’t any. You need to stop speaking out of turd about things you don’t understand. Again, I say this as somebody who is harshly critical of LLM‘s and the theft that trains these systems. There are a lot of different forms and tools that this technology takes.
I appreciate your letting me know that I am wasting my time actually explaining the potential uses of these tools i’m sorry you’re so myopic about this.
Do you want a serious answer or are you just being flippant?
Well, i’m interested in a serious answer?
Summary, auto-correct, translation, text-to-speech, speech-to-text
I must admit its been a while, but all these things where horrible last time i played with them.
It’s a *lot* better these days. Here’s how you could use it to improve the English in your comment:
Mistake: “its” is a possessive pronoun (like his, her, their), while “it’s” is the contraction of “it has”. Fix: Use “it’s” because the writer means “it has been a while”.
Tip: When in doubt, try expanding “it’s” to “it is” or “it has” and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it doesn’t, you probably want “its”.
Mistake: “where” (a location) is confused with “were” (past tense of are). Fix: Use “were” to correctly form the past tense of “to be”.
Tip: Say it aloud—“they were horrible” sounds natural, while “they where horrible” doesn’t. If it’s a verb (they were), you want “were”.
Mistake: Lowercase “i”. Fix: Always capitalize “I” when it’s a pronoun referring to oneself.
Tip: This is more about habit than logic—just train yourself to always type “I” in uppercase, even in casual writing.
Full corrected version: “I must admit it’s been a while, but all these things were horrible last time I played with them.”
And with the exception of the first, commonplace for a long time.
I would also argue the first use is actually a process flaw if implemented. That’s a great way to make sure no one reads emails, and all kinds of information is lost
Serious. I can’t think of what good slapping AI in there does. Is speech to text that’s existed for decades considered a LLM and therefore AI?
Other guy covered it decently. I think it’s also remember to have a little bit of humility and remember that just because you don’t have a use for something doesn’t mean others don’t either. In addition, just because you can’t think of a use for something doesn’t mean there isn’t any. I say this as a huge critic of AI/LLM’s and how they’ve been deployed.
No, I don’t think humility is the problem. It’s just a bullshit idea that nobody needs.
AI audio tools have allowed me to restore audio that five years ago I would’ve said had to be re-recorded or is otherwise unsalvageable.
AI transcription has been one of the greatest gifts to the disabilities community we have seen in decades. It is borderline as significant as screen readers for the visually impaired.
Again, just because you don’t know about applications doesn’t mean there aren’t any. You need to stop speaking out of turd about things you don’t understand. Again, I say this as somebody who is harshly critical of LLM‘s and the theft that trains these systems. There are a lot of different forms and tools that this technology takes.
You’re going to do all that in your emails?
I appreciate your letting me know that I am wasting my time actually explaining the potential uses of these tools i’m sorry you’re so myopic about this.