Can ChatGPT help with JMdict?

[Jim Breen]

The arrival of ChatGPT has caused quite a stir in many areas, not the least in lexicography. In February I watched an online presentation from Tokyo by noted lexicographers Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and David Joffe: "The end of lexicography, welcome to the machine: On how ChatGPT can already take over all of the dictionary maker’s tasks". They demonstrated its potential in many areas of dictionary building.

I have been experimenting a bit àt the entry level, with rather mixed results. Sometimes its translations of terms is quite good, and in others it's quite astray.

To illustrate this, here are the results of one experiment. I asked it: "Translate 炎上交際", which is a sort-of 変換ミス for 援助交際. Its initial answer was rather good.

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I'm sorry, but the term "炎上交際" does not exist in standard Japanese, and I cannot provide an accurate translation.

However, "炎上" (enjō) is a Japanese term that refers to "online flame wars" or "internet controversies." It describes a situation where a person, brand, or online community receives a significant amount of negative attention, criticism, or backlash on social media or other online platforms. On the other hand, "交際" (kōsai) refers to "dating" or "romantic relationships."

It's important to note that the combination of these two terms does not make sense and is not used in regular Japanese communication.

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On an impulse I clicked on the Regenerate Response option and got the following:

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I apologize for my earlier response. The term "炎上交際" (enjō kōsai) does exist in Japanese, and it can be translated to "compensated dating with the intent of causing a public uproar" in English.

炎上 (enjō) means "flaming up" or "igniting," and it refers to a situation where a person or an event receives a lot of negative attention or backlash on social media or other online platforms. 交際 (kōsai) means "socializing" or "companionship," but in this context, it refers to a practice where older individuals pay money to go on dates with younger people, often with an expectation of sexual favors.

炎上交際 is a controversial and often illegal practice that has garnered attention in Japan due to its association with underage prostitution and exploitation.

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You can see why some of the more bizarre output from ChatGPT are called "hallucinations".

I certainly won't be relying on to generate accurate glosses just now.

Cheers

Jim

[Ben Bullock]

ChatGPT output is plausible nonsense actually. I asked about a famous person I knew and it created fake text about him doing magic tricks, which he definitely did not do. I asked about a kind of duck called the Eastern spot billed duck, and it wrote a very plausible but completely inaccurate description where the duck had a green head.

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[Kanji Cafe]

ChatGPT gets an F- on historical structure of Norman England after the invasion, knowledge of deep ocean compression layers, fails any test of political bias, and can’t give any half good legal advice.  I did find it able to perform quite well at medical diagnosis.

[Jim Breen]

There's an amusing case emerging here: https://interestingengineering.com/culture/australian-mayor-sue-chatgpt

Apparently GPT-4 gets the guy's story right.

Jim

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