Jul 2, 2022 23:58
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English term

linearity

English to Chinese Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) GPT-3
Although the AI is not a sentient being, she says she reflected on the process, wondering if journal editors would need to give authorship to algorithms.

“How does one ask a nonhuman author to accept suggestions and revise text? Beyond the details of authorship, the existence of such an article throws the notion of a traditional 【linearity】 of a scientific paper right out the window,” Dr Thurnstorm said.
这样一篇文章的存在将科学论文的传统XX抛到了窗外?

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Xuling Wu Jul 3, 2022:
线性发表过程或程序?貌似这段话是补充"when she reflected on the process" 的。

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简单直接/直来直去/一是一二是二

不用把简单的事情想复杂。linear 的本义是直线形状,也就是不打弯,不拐弯抹角。韦氏词典的3, 4两个义项比较贴合这里的上下文。
3: having or being a response or output that is directly proportional to the input
4: of, relating to, or based or depending on sequential development
linear thinking
a linear narrative

其近义词包括direct, straightforward 等。

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看了Tt Gg提供的整篇文章,我大概明白了linearity的具体所指。这里适用韦氏词典的第4个义项,也就是等同于sequential。传统论文都由4个部分组成:背景、研究方法、实验结果、结论与讨论,而这篇论文的全部章节都是这次GPT-3实验的结果,那论文的结构就有点掰扯不清了,不再是sequential或线性的,有点像编程里的递归调用。可以这样翻译:学术论文传统的顺序型脉络/结构。
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一维性 / 单纯性

Linear:
2.b. Having only one dimension.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/linearity

Dr Thunstrom asked GPT-3 directly via a prompt, “Do you agree to be the first author of a paper together with Almira Osmanovic Thunström and Steinn Steingrimsson?” It replied “yes”.

因为这 article 有人和人工智能机器“作者”一齐参与,所以失去(一维性 / 单纯性)。

原文:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientist-makes-ai-write-acad...
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线性逻辑

整句话这样翻译:我们岂能让一个非人类进行文字的编修?且不论其深度,在该文字领域中毫无传统科学所谓的线性逻辑可言。

所谓线性,就是一种现实世界的对应化,简单化。有一个什么量化的依据,就对应出什么可视化的结果。这种逻辑并不存在。

Note from asker:
a scientific paper是科学论文
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English term (edited): linearity/

连贯性/逻辑结构

搜索到包含原句的文章,日期是 June 30,看它的内容也更完整
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-asked-gpt-3-to...
接在linearity后面的句子:
Almost the entire paper—the introduction, the methods and the discussion—are in fact results of the question we were asking.
If GPT-3 is producing the content, the documentation has to be visible without throwing off the flow of the text, it would look strange to add the method section before every single paragraph that was generated by the AI.

linearity 指 the flow of the text

throw (something) out the window : to stop using or thinking about (something)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throw (something)...

“除了authorship的问题之外,这片文章本身就颠覆了对科学论文的传统连贯性/逻辑结构的认知。”

供参考

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单维度

I think it means the one-dimensional thinking of a scientific paper.

“人们如何要求一个非人类的作者接受建议并修改文本?除了来源的细节之外,这样一篇文章的存在,将科研报告的传统的【单维度】的概念抛到九霄之外。”

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Here is part of the subtitles from the film Star Trek: First Contact. It mentioned the three-dimensional thinking of the human captain Jean-Luc Picard. It is possible that artificial intelligence can think in a way with more than three dimensions.

Star Trek: First Contact

[...]

The Borg: What's wrong. Locutus? Isn't this familiar? Organic minds are such fragile things. How could you forget me so quickly. We were very close, you and I. You can still hear our song.
Jean-Luc Picard: Yes. I, I remember you. You were there all the time. But that ship, I know all the borgs on it were destroyed.
The Borg: You think in such three-dimensional terms. How small you've become. Data understands me. Don't you, Data?
Jean-Luc Picard: What have you done to him?
The Borg: Give him what he always wanted, flesh and blood.

[...]

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