soyagiAug 8, 2023

The only way to avoid Grammarly using your data for AI is to pay for 500 accounts

https://yiffit.net/post/974316

The only way to avoid Grammarly using your data for AI is to pay for 500 accounts - Yiffit.net

Source: https://front-end.social/@fox/110846484782705013 [https://front-end.social/@fox/110846484782705013] Text in the screenshot from Grammarly says: >We develop data sets to train our algorithms so that we can improve the services we provide to customers like you. We have devoted significant time and resources to developing methods to ensure that these data sets are anonymized and de-identified. > >To develop these data sets, we sample snippets of text at random, disassociate them from a user’s account, and then use a variety of different methods to strip the text of identifying information (such as identifiers, contact details, addresses, etc.). Only then do we use the snippets to train our algorithms-and the original text is deleted. In other words, we don’t store any text in a manner that can be associated with your account or used to identify you or anyone else. > >We currently offer a feature that permits customers to opt out of this use for Grammarly Business teams of 500 users or more. Please let me know if you might be interested in a license of this size, and I’II forward your request to the corresponding team.

Show threadCaptObviousAug 8, 2023
It still isn’t clear why anyone uses a product developed by non-native speakers to check their writing. For anyone who knows grammar, Grammarly sometimes makes… interesting… suggestions.
Show threadEager EagleAug 8, 2023
As a non-native speaker I’m surprised to the amount of grammar mistakes native speakers make. Being a native speaker is not a testament to how much of the language you know.
Show threadCaptObviousAug 8, 2023

Native speakers don’t usually make major grammar mistakes. They may not follow prescriptive rules, but they’re generally understandable by other native speakers because grammar is so deeply embedded in their subconscious that they can’t help handling the language correctly. You do the same in your native language. Everyone does.

The problem with non-natives, and I include myself as a non-native speaker of a few languages, is that we don’t usually have the same instincts. It would be pretty arrogant to tell a native that they don’t know how to use their own language when we, almost by definition, cannot possibly understand it in the same way that they do.

Show threadEager Eagle
all of which is irrelevant to how grammarly works
Aug 8, 2023 at 3:01amWeb
Show threadCaptObviousAug 8, 2023
It is?