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It was digitized and translated wrong by computer systems pre-Generative AI then GenAI comes along and uses it in reference material. People either reading the
by firesteelrain 2y ago
It was digitized and translated wrong by computer systems pre-Generative AI then GenAI comes along and uses it in reference material. People either reading the original text or brainstorming via GenAI comes along across this term and judge it as authoritative. So it persists
- carlmr 2y agoNot only that, AI is used for translation a lot nowadays, and the trust in its output seems to be quite high. If you're not a native English speaker and aren't surrounded by many, you might have a much harder time finding such a mistake while proofreading. I've seen students hand in auto-translated garbage 10 years ago. Nowadays auto-translation works well enough that you are at least able to read it.