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I am working to fix an AI-produced translation for an installation guide that explains to electricians how to install an electronic device right now. If the electrician had followed the translation provided by the AI, the device would not have functioned. So much time saved... lol... as hundreds of electricians waste hours of their time (and having their clients pay their hourly rates) following a faulty translation.

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whereas you could have done the whole job in just 10x the time it takes to proof read. I can see what you have against it.

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No. It is the same amount of time actually, because rough translation is basically instantaneous for anyone fluent in both languages. What matters though in technical documents are the details. One vocabulary word, wrongly used, to label a component in an installation guide can cause catastrophic failure of the device. Most of the time comes from ensuring that the instructions are clear and every component has the correct technical term (which often requires a little research).

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for m droy, the answer is 42.

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No human can translate as fast as ChatGPT, they can’t even type 30 words that fast. If you want to say that a human can make an improved translation sure, but they can still do that most easily with an ai first draft. They can get extremely close just by pre-prompting with the context required. And then they can do even better by taking their improved draft and offering it to chatGPT for suggested improvements. Frankly it is quite bizarre to claim you can do better. (btw do your translations get proof read - or are end users totally dependent on you doing an excellent job too?)

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AI (the owners) are the drug dealers and you are the addict.

The hardest part is to ask the question, especially the right question.

You're giving your time and mind to a bunch of skimmers and churners so they can record your every scribbled thought and question. They possess your information and they possess you.

Fool.

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Your loss.

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I like drugs, rock, and pussy and I don't care whether they know.

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