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Comment by rustyhancock | original | What thousands of conversations look like inside a language model
[−]rustyhancock · 2026-11-15 Sun 12:52 UTC · link
I wish there had been a third broad language style such as arabic although perhaps Qwen doesnt use arabic.

It made me think what if totally different knowledge bases could exist in a model where as my mental model was similar to OPs translation from pure knowledge source.

It also explains why rewriring prompts to another language sometimes lets you bypass restrictions.

[−]mcswell · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:06 UTC · link
Also, Arabic script is used for a number of non-Arabic languages, including Urdu and Farsi (Persian). It would be interesting to see if the projections of those languages have similarities as a group to the group using Latin script.

Another interesting (to me) comparison would be between Hindi (using Devanagri) and Urdu (using Arabic script). The two languages are very closely related, being largely mutually intelligible in their spoken forms.