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The "see translation" feature for user bios was auto-translating phrases that included "Palestinian" and “alhamdulillah” into "Praise be to god, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom."

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe crawling out of the ocean was a bad idea. /shrug

[–] Aliendelarge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Things really took a wrong turn earier than that.

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really enjoyed those books. Look into quantum drives. They’re basically improbability engines. Reality is ridiculous.

Edit: Okay, the em drive is not what I thought. But the improbability drive was based on quantum theory.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it is more likely that its a result of an AI translation that just got it wrong.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's absolutely ridiculous. The Ubuntu situation is a known malicious translation. It's not incidental or a bug.

Yes, an errant bug with a trace of racism 🙄