2024年4月6日 星期六

cut corners, workaround, functionality, outfit, perfunctory, moribund. How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

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How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies and altered their own rules as they sought information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

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 functionality

(fŭngk'shə-năl'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
n.
  1. The quality of being functional.
  2. A useful function within a computer application or program.
  3. The capacity of a computer program or application to provide a useful function.

functional

  • 発音記号[fʌ'ŋkʃənl]
[形]
1 機能(上)の;職務(上)の.
2 機能を果たせる, 作動する.
3 機能本位の;実用的な, 便利な
a functional design
機能本位の設計.
4 《数学》関数の
a functional symbol
関数記号.
5 《医学》機能(上)の
functional disease
機能性疾患. ⇒ORGANIC 3
func・tion・al・ly
[副]

function[func・tion]

  • 発音記号[fʌ'ŋkʃən]
[名]
1 (人間・物・制度などに固有の)機能, 作用, 働き, 効用;職務, 役割, 役目
the social function of education
教育の社会的役割
the functions of a teacheran attorney
教師[弁護士]の職務
as a function of ...
…に応じて
performcarry out, discharge] a liaison function
連絡の役目を果たす.
2 (社会的・宗教的)儀式, 式典, 祝典, 行事;(公式の)大集会, 宴会
an official function
公式行事
charity functions
慈善的催し物.
3 (他の要因で決まる)相関的要素
Price is a function of supply and demand.
価格は供給と需要の相関関係で決まる.
4 《数学》関数.
5 《文法》機能.
6 《コンピュータ》機能, ファンクション.
━━[動](自)
1 作用する;(本来の正常な)活動をする, 働く
This machine is not functioning properly.
この機械は正常に作動していない.
2 (…の)機能[役割, 役目]を果たす((as ...))
Some adjectives may function as adverbs.
形容詞のうちには副詞の機能を果たすものもある.
[ラテン語functiōnem (fungīなしとげる)なしとげること. △DEFUNCT, PERFUNCTORY
func・tion・less
[形]

A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem in a system. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine solution to the problem is needed. Frequently workarounds are as creative as true solutions, involving outside the box thinking in their creation.
Typically they are considered brittle in that they will not respond well to further pressure from a system beyond the original design. In implementing a workaround it is important to flag the change so as to later implement a proper solution.
Placing pressure on a workaround may result in later failures in the system. For example, in computer programming workarounds are often used to address a problem or anti-pattern in a library, such as an incorrect return value. When the library is changed, the workaround may break the overall program functionality, effectively becoming an anti-pattern, since it may expect the older, wrong behaviour from the library.
Workarounds can also be useful source of ideas for improvement in products or services [1].

See also

References

  1. ^ http://theanthroguys.com/2009/09/17/can%E2%80%99t-you-just-ask-people/





perfunctory


adjective
  • (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort:he gave a perfunctory nod

Derivatives


perfunctorily

adverb

perfunctoriness

noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from late Latin perfunctorius 'careless', from Latin perfunct- 'done with, discharged', from the verb perfungi

mor·i·bund  

/ˈmôrəˌbənd/
Adjective
  1. (of a person) At the point of death.
  2. (of a thing) In terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor.

Synonyms
dying


cut corners



Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money:there is always a temptation to cut corners when time is short

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