Comment by AdieuToLogic

Comment by AdieuToLogic 7 hours ago

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> This is all very cool so I’m not trying to be dismissive. In a lot of ways, giving a hobby out as a way to participate in the national archives is an end in itself.

> But…computers can definitely do this way better, right?

No.

Cursive writing is analog and fluid, lacking consistency across authors and often inconsistent by an individual author as well. When done well, it could be classified as its own art form. When done poorly, it can resemble the path walked by a chicken on meth.

musicale 6 hours ago

iPad seems to do OK, but it has more to go by since it has the timing and pressure as well as the written text.

sulam 7 hours ago

Current LLMs can absolutely do this as well as you can, probably better.

  • AdieuToLogic 7 hours ago

    > Current LLMs can absolutely do this as well as you can, probably better.

    This is obviously disprovable, in that if they could, they would, and this call to action would not exist.

    • Osyris 6 hours ago

      That's quite a lot of faith you have in them.

      • nozzlegear 6 hours ago

        Them being the National Archives? What about the National Archives makes you think they're particularly inept at utilizing LLMs?

        I'm tired of this brand of dismissive cynicism.