Charlie StrossWhy LLMs can't handle everyday social etiquette in Persian:
Reading between the lines, this is a really good caution for any diplomats who are thinking of firing their interpreters and replacing them with "AI".
Calamity Joan 😷@cstross Ahahahaa - is this article about taarof??
@clickhere Yup! LLMs can't cope with it. (I suspect they can't parse self-deprecating humour or irony either.)
@cstross Love, love, love it. F them up, cultural norms!
I remember reading about taarof years ago, and it immediately reminded me of Irish self-depreciation. We're not quite so ritualised, but there are definitely echoes.
This gives a sense of it:
