"If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 May 2026 2:02 p.m. PST |
"From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time translation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded in everyday life. Tools from OpenAI, Meta, Google and many others now offer near-instant translation across dozens of languages, and they keep improving. All this raises a vital question. If machines can do this faster and more accurately than humans, is investing years in learning another language still worth it?…" link
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 John the OFM  | 24 May 2026 2:41 p.m. PST |
Go to any YouTube from Reddit "stories" with an AI "narrator".
Here is an incomplete list of words that "they" cannot pronounce correctly.
read (Present vs past) (And you can add "present" to the lust too!)
content (Happy or included?)
The pronunciation is of course the context.
The AI can't even generate a coherent story. |
| Stryderg | 24 May 2026 3:08 p.m. PST |
If you don't pay very close attention, you can miss the inappropriate pauses and inflections. Just part of making people dumber so we're more docile. |
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