Or a newsletter which was natively multi-lingual (e.g. Rohin Shah’s Newsletter was always translated to Chinese, though not by AI). Or a forum where people can discuss AI in whatever language they prefer, and things are automatically translated between users?
It seems like there are a lot of ways cheap translation could broaden the conversation to include people not in the Anglosphere. The cost is that AI translation will often make mistakes (even human translation is imperfect), but I’m not sure why that cost isn’t worth paying. Currently most people outside the Anglosphere need to rely on local elites to decide what ideas are worth taking seriously (e.g. a local could report on AI 2027, like this Dutch summary. Also apparently the NYT translated their coverage of AI 2027 into Spanish, which seems cool.)
Or a forum where people can discuss AI in whatever language they prefer, and things are automatically translated between users?
Cool idea. I’ve never seen this done, yet it sounds very achievable with today’s tech. I presume you’d set your desired language to whatever you prefer, and every post would now appear in that language, either natively or auto-translated. Put a little “translated from x, click here to view original” on each auto-translated post. Write your own posts in whatever language you like and everyone would see them in their preferred language.
When I order food on UberEats this already happens automatically when I chat with a delivery person who doesn’t speak English. Similar thing for reviews on several websites.
Or a newsletter which was natively multi-lingual (e.g. Rohin Shah’s Newsletter was always translated to Chinese, though not by AI). Or a forum where people can discuss AI in whatever language they prefer, and things are automatically translated between users?
Sounds good.
I’m currently at like 45% that this is a good idea, and people just aren’t doing it, and at 35% that people are doing it, but I just don’t know about it.
Or a newsletter which was natively multi-lingual (e.g. Rohin Shah’s Newsletter was always translated to Chinese, though not by AI). Or a forum where people can discuss AI in whatever language they prefer, and things are automatically translated between users?
It seems like there are a lot of ways cheap translation could broaden the conversation to include people not in the Anglosphere. The cost is that AI translation will often make mistakes (even human translation is imperfect), but I’m not sure why that cost isn’t worth paying. Currently most people outside the Anglosphere need to rely on local elites to decide what ideas are worth taking seriously (e.g. a local could report on AI 2027, like this Dutch summary. Also apparently the NYT translated their coverage of AI 2027 into Spanish, which seems cool.)
Cool idea. I’ve never seen this done, yet it sounds very achievable with today’s tech. I presume you’d set your desired language to whatever you prefer, and every post would now appear in that language, either natively or auto-translated. Put a little “translated from x, click here to view original” on each auto-translated post. Write your own posts in whatever language you like and everyone would see them in their preferred language.
When I order food on UberEats this already happens automatically when I chat with a delivery person who doesn’t speak English. Similar thing for reviews on several websites.
Sounds good.
I’m currently at like 45% that this is a good idea, and people just aren’t doing it, and at 35% that people are doing it, but I just don’t know about it.