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Another seq2seq tutorial except the end product is a bro-bot? Gees, I don't understand how people in tech can choose to be so bro-y without any sense of self-consciousness.. aren't they aware the large majority of tech people just assume they are dumb or won't take them seriously? I'm not saying they are dumb, I'm just saying you're going up against a big wave...

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Funny how someone without anything remotely technical in their comment history feels like they can speak for "the majority of tech people".

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I don't see anything bad that he said. Also, I've met a decent amount of people who come across as very "bro" who are actually really nice considerate people so being kinda bro isn't inherently bad (unless you define "bro" as essentially just being an ahole, which doesn't seem to apply here)

So.. I went reading the article, expecting something really ridiculously bro. The article was well written, good references, but yes, uses a few silly conversation samples (for which there were no sexist, racist or homophobic references).

Is it possible that training a bot to speak like that (silly/casual) is more challenging than to emulate a very grammatically correct and stiff style? As such, maybe the choice of conversations was intentional?

My comment was directed towards the OP, who was harsh and didn't provide a proper argument. As I said, it was a nice article and I wanted to encourage others to read it, despite that (flagged) comment.

Yes, I was writing in support of your comment.

Being bro is synonymous with being male to some people.

It is, of course, still an insult to them.

I see it more often used to mock a male mono-culture and the pitfalls that derive from it (ex: brogrammers). A bit like the term douchebag has become a synonym of 'jerk'.

The author is probably 20 years old (give or take) Undergrad student.

What is wrong with you people? Always have to put others in their "stereotypical silos" and stupid them they are the racists and homophobes ?!

Author seems to be into fantasy sports and must have a lot of group threads on that topic.

Yeah LOL i think maybe limiting the dataset to just 1:1 conversations would be better than including group chats as well

Ideally most of them won't care what other people think about them. That's not something to be spending much thinking power on anyway.

There's nothing wrong with making tech that can communicate to a larger audience than "people in tech".

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