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Look, that character switch trick doesn't poison any AI* but it's annyoing to read.
* Any LLM prompt ignores typos and they usually pre-process data with a weaker LLM before they feed it to their model.
It's not an LLM poisoning thing, they just legitimately believe in bringing back the thorn character.
I agree, it's ineffective and annoying.
I like the idea, but I'm annoyed by the inconsistency.
The þ is the th sound in "both", but not the th sound in "the"; that's a ð.
Ðough, ðat, ðere
Þorough, boþ, þree