Andrew Reeves (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} schizmatic) wrote,@ 2008-04-04 15:23:00 |
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Far From the Singularity
So I have a Latin Textual Criticism test on Monday. Because I and others in the class do not yet read Italian, we used Robarts' translation service, and had them run two chapters of Giorgio Pasquali's Storia della tradizione e critica del testo through a translation program. Folks, we are a long, long way away from Robot overlords. And, much as I loveautopope's stuff, there's no Singularity coming for a while if a machine can't translate a language as simple as Italian into comprehensible English.
So I have a Latin Textual Criticism test on Monday. Because I and others in the class do not yet read Italian, we used Robarts' translation service, and had them run two chapters of Giorgio Pasquali's Storia della tradizione e critica del testo through a translation program. Folks, we are a long, long way away from Robot overlords. And, much as I love
autopope's stuff, there's no Singularity coming for a while if a machine can't translate a language as simple as Italian into comprehensible English.
