A plate of meatballs. Next to it is a card that describes the food in 2 languages: at the bottom of the card it reads, in Arabic: “ميت بول". Above that is the English text that reads “Paul is dead.”

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   Aijaz Ansari (aijaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 07:09:31 JST Aijaz Ansari

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   This picture is hilarious because the words “Meat ball” were transliterated into Arabic. The resulting Arabic words (ميت بول) were then interpreted (incorrectly) as Arabic, THEN translated into English. The first word “Meat” can be misread as the Arabic word for “is dead”. The second word “ball” is how an Arabic speaker would pronounce the name “Paul.” Therefore, the English description of this dish is “Paul is dead.”

   This is a toot about #ML & #AI