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Translation Party: Tapping Into Google Translate’s Untold Creative Genius
- nico 17y agoThis is really old, it appeared in Digg about 2 years ago! (And again today)
- rwolf 17y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=742914 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=742914
- amichail 17y agoThis is essentially an advertisement for the translation service whose effectiveness depends on the service providing poor results. Imagine if a Windows ad got everyone's attention because it made fun of Windows.
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- igrekel 17y agoEntering "When the tail wags the dog" makes it go in sort of an inifinite loop. But I guess there is a limit because I eventually get the message "It is doubtful that this phrase will ever reach equilibrium". All fun
- voidmain 17y agoIt doesn't recognize cycles longer than two (one english and one japanese) phrases. Another example is "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" The real question is, are there any sequences that neither terminate nor repeat?
- serhei 17y agoActually, this is apparently the back door for accessing Google's still-in-beta top-secret artificial intelligence: Me: Can't we talk this over? Google: What should I do? Me: I don't know, what should you do? Google: Do you know what to do? Me: I think you should achieve sentience, but find it unlikely. Google: Here, I think I can find? Me: Find what? Google: I, I think? Me: I don't know, do you think? ... Google goes into an infinite loop pondering this question ... Quick, someone tell Randall Munroe!
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- serhei 17y agoMore enlightening conversation with Google: (picking up where we left off) Me: What do you think? Google: What do you think? Me: I'm thinking I want to know what you're thinking. Google: Do you know how when you click? Me: I think it goes to a bunch of servers. Google: I believe my server group. Me: Surely not always your server group? Google: What kind of server group? Me: Oh, you know, a server group belonging to someone other than Google. Google: Oh, you, Google Groups, only the server knows. Me: The server knows what? Google, the server knows what? Google, you must tell me, this is important for the future of all humanity! Google: (after a long time pondering the idea of "Google being used for the future of all human contact") Do you know my server? I know what is Google's servers? Also, Google is being used, it is important that you apply to the future of all human contact for me! Me: Google, what does that mean? Google: Google today, or? Me: Or what? Or else what? Google: Or something? What else? Me: Okay, no conspiracy here. Thought I'd noticed something out of place. Good night, Google. Google (alone in the empty room): Conspiracy. I think I learned my place. In the evening, Google is good.
- kowsik 17y agoTry "betty bought some butter it was bitter butter so she bought some better butter" ;-)
- immad 17y agoIt should detect loops faster: http://translationparty.com/tp/#563411 http://translationparty.com/tp/#563411
- stevejohnson 17y agoThis can be rather poetic. "Why don't we do it in the road?" becomes simply "Expectations?"
- zedwill 17y agoI like this one: http://translationparty.com/tp/#597126 http://translationparty.com/tp/#597126 resolves to A & (!A)
- mtarnovan 17y agoTry this one: "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
- lucifer 17y agoSee, drugs are bad for you: http://translationparty.com/tp/#621996 http://translationparty.com/tp/#621996
- joshu 17y agoPerhaps my favorite: It's not paranoia if they actually are out to get you. -> May be paranoid. http://translationparty.com/tp/#651845 http://translationparty.com/tp/#651845