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0 pointsthe_other3y ago0 comments

I disagree with both reasons.

1. A long pause between "places" and "wild", to me, signals their dis-association, that "wild" does not link with "places". However, the lack of punctuation in the written text implies the phrase "all places wild", the "all wild places" you refer to. I'm with the GP here, the AI didn't convey the meaning I'd expect from the text.

2. Also, the preceding text seems to discuss a certain "ineffability", a spiritual/magic in the world that seems diffuse, broad and subtle. With that context, pronouncing "wild" calmly and softly ties it to the earlier ineffability rather than the more discrete "places". Again, this reinforces the "...places. Wild!" interpretation. I am very impressed the AI used two or more modes of expression (time, tone) to express a feeling... but I disagree that's what the text held.

Maybe the AI's smarter than me.

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float43y ago

> A long pause between "places" and "wild", to me, signals their dis-association, that "wild" does not link with "places"

But that long pause is still way shorter than the pauses at actual periods! Look at the waveform[0]: the ovals are the periods, the rectangle is the pause between "places" and "wild". I guess due to the length of the pauses at the actual periods, my brain automatically discards the possibility of "all places. Wild!" and then the best interpretation clearly is "all places wild" for me.

But hey, the fact that at least two people interpreted it differently says something. Maybe this was more of a faceplant than I initially realized.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/j9CtZFZ

jagged-chisel3y ago

Empirical evidence of a pause and its length is not indicative of how the typical listener will interpret it.

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