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AI is great at translating, doing a task in seconds which would take days. For almost no cost. That is quite significant on a continent like Europe, with dozen
by carlosjobim 9mo ago
AI is great at translating, doing a task in seconds which would take days. For almost no cost.
That is quite significant on a continent like Europe, with dozens of different languages.
- dgxyz 9mo agoI have a friend who's a professional translator. No it isn't. She's forever cleaning up after the mess it left people in. In fact business for her is really booming thanks to people who think that is the case. And I'm not talking about LLMs here but DeepL etc.
- carlosjobim 9mo agoAI translates correctly, with a few minor imperfections which don't impede communication. Compare that to waiting a day and paying hundreds of euros for each message. AI translation is comparable to the telephone or e-mail in how it improves communication.
- 5-0 9mo agoThe end-user costs are slim to none, but for OpenAI alone they're hundreds of billions USD. LLMs certainly have their use and are here to stay but it remains to be seen how they can be commercially successful without constant injections of venture capital. These days even the French (!) speak English.