Randahl Fink1d ago

This worries me:

CNN translates politicians using AI.

In this clip, Macron is speaking French, but if you do not speak French, YouTube will switch the sound to an AI voice which sounds a bit like Macron.

So now, when an American politician is listening to the President of France, he is no longer hearing what a real, human translator KNOWS Macron is saying. He is hearing what AI GUESSES Macron is saying.

What happens, if AI gets it wrong?

https://youtube.com/shorts/ps6lQxqOq5w?si=DxmFRNqHdnMWDEn1

'This is not a show': Macron criticizes Trump for Iran war and NATO comments

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@randahl this drove me nuts when I first heard that about a year or so ago. I watch a channel that was pure Japanese, and it started to sub over it in English, and it was vile. I’ll accept text translations, knowing there is a chance they are wrong, but never translate without being asked.

I am disappointed (in the mildest terms) that this is happening again.

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