Lucas
TIL that GNU gettext is actively promoting using ollama and I'm a bit speechless. Would have expected this from anyone, but not GNU... https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Installing-an-LLM.html #foss #ai #noai #gnu
Installing an LLM (GNU gettext utilities)

Installing an LLM (GNU gettext utilities)

Mar 16 at 5:57amWeb
Show threadLucasMar 16
I was this close 🤏 to using gettext in my program. Guess I'll roll my own l10n solution instead, even if it's inferior at first.
Show threadKanaillenvogelMar 16

@lu_leipzig
not to be disrespectful of your choice, I only wonder what's wrong with running a model in local environment ?

afaic it's not promoted to write code with it but to translate :)

Show threadLucasMar 16
@kanaillenvogel For the translation use case, it's mostly the training data that's problematic. AFAIK there's no useful local model that's fully Open Source / ethically sourced. I would have expected GNU to take a more radical stance on this (as they've done with regards to other threats to Free Software before).
Show threadLucasMar 16
@kanaillenvogel Apart from that, I also take issue with the idea of encouraging people to just auto-generate their translations instead of doing it by hand. They talk of pretranslating, but to me this sounds like the old "a human should always double-check the output" defense.