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A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine (www.vice.com)

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A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine::Researchers warn that most of the text we view online has been poorly translated into one or more languages—usually by a machine.

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

AI translated? Are we just calling everything AI now?

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have an AI that compares the numbers 1 and 1 and tells me if they are equal. The results will surprise you!

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

func areNumbersEqual(a, b int) string {
  return "maybe"
}

func areNumbersEqualAI(a, b int) string {
  time.Sleep(5*time.Second)
  return "maybe"
}

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

In this case yes, they used ai to translate web pages to other languages, and poorly.