I would like to help correct some of chatgpt’s mistakes. I initially wrote this as a discussion message, but decided to actually ask to contribute some amount to the ai here since it’d be way easier than waiting for openai to do it. These are all the reasons for why down below:
I would like to talk a bit about how ChatGPT reads Akkadian because honestly it is so grossly bad at translating even the smaller Akkadian writings that I fell out of my seat, threw up on the floor, and screamed “𒊮 𒅗𒆷 𒇷𒅎𒉌𒅎 𒀀𒉌𒄿𒅎!” (THIS IS THE HEART OF ALL OF THE EVIL!) So I would like to point out some of the flaws here:
First and foremost, ChatGPT is exceptionally bad at recognizing verbs. For instance, it made the mistake here:
𒄿𒊭𒋫𒅈𒋗𒈠 (i-ša-tum-ma)
- This is “iššatumma”, which means “wife” or “queen”. It might be a reference to the queen.
𒄿𒊭𒋫𒅈𒋗𒈠 is i-ša-ṭa-ar-shu-ma which translates to “He/She/They(singular) scribed/will scribe it and so…” but it mistakenly thought it was a NOUN! I could hear Gilgamesh facepalming in 3000 BC all the way from 2024 AD!
Additionally, as you also saw by the previous illustration ChatGPT made a lot of mistakes regarding the individual runes. It made massive mistakes, not just small ones! Changing the form and the whole meaning of the sentence!
𒊏𒁉𒄿𒅎 (ra-bi-i-lu)
- rabû means “great”, and this can be interpreted as “chief” or “lord.” It might refer to an important figure, potentially Hammurabi himself or another prominent person.
𒊏𒁉𒄿𒅎 is ra-bi-i-im similar meaning, but differently spelt (not incorrectly spelt for those who are curious)
𒀊𒉏 (e-na)
- This can be part of a phrase relating to “his” or “of him”, indicating possession or association.
𒀊𒉏 is ab-nim and it means “Stone,”
So on and so forth it kept making lot’s and lot’s of mistakes both in the runes and subsequently the meanings. Completely butchering the definitions and translations to the point of alienation from what I actually wrote!
PS: I’d like to contribute as I already mentioned. How do I do so? Can you give me directions? Maybe contribute some custom written text to help GPT along? Thanks, much appreciated!
PSPS: My full message was: “𒀭𒄩𒈬𒊏𒉿 𒄿𒈾 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 𒂊𒇷 𒀊𒉏 𒊏𒁉𒄿𒅎 𒄿𒊭𒋫𒅈𒋗𒈠 𒉌𒋗 𒀉𒈪𒅅” for anyone interested.