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>Translation software was once considered by serious people to be “AI” – until it became easy. Excuse me? Translation is possibly impossible for interesting w
by hprotagonist 8y ago
>Translation software was once considered by serious people to be “AI” – until it became easy.
Excuse me? Translation is possibly impossible for interesting work, but certainly nothing we're doing now is even trying[0]. What we're doing right now is the equivalent of "translating" road signs and dinner menus.
[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/the-shallowness-of-google-translate/551570/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/the-s...