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‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators? (www.theguardian.com)

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A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it is not "replace human professional" cool.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Obviously, and they're not going to anytime soon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Except that I know first-hand that German government institutions are already using this exact tool in order to make up for the chronic lack of translators. They are translating texts into languages they don't speak, which means there's no going over the output to correct for mistakes.