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LLMs have a strong bias against use of African American English (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 months ago (7 children)

For anyone that, like me, was confused what the hell is this language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_English

Seems to be proper name for the kind of language a stereotypical black character in a movie would use.
Can't say about real world, since I don't live in the USA.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not to be confused with African-American Vernacular English.

Aave is what I'd say is more "the kind of language a stereotypical black character in a movie would use".

African-American Vernacular English[a] (AAVE)[b] is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians.[4] Having its own unique grammatical, vocabulary and accent features, AAVE is employed by middle-class Black Americans as the more informal and casual end of a sociolinguistic continuum. However, in formal speaking contexts, speakers tend to switch to more standard English grammar and vocabulary, usually while retaining elements of the non-standard accent.[5][6] AAVE is widespread throughout the United States, but is not the native dialect of all African Americans, nor are all of its speakers African American.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, "not to be confused", but the same page says AAVE is just a dialect of AAE, so mostly not much of a difference, I think.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

The difference here is mostly scope: AAE includes stuff like African-American Standard English (English as used by black people in more formal settings) and the written language, while AAVE refers only to the vernaculars.

Note that some don't even make this distinction, but I think that it's important.

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