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   pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:19:39 JST pettter

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   • Simon Willison

   @simon A mixture of both, and translators overall hate it, is what I've heard from translator friends. Important to note that machine translation for anything but short snippets still is not actually very useful except in the heads of managers and AI hypists.

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     Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:19:40 JST Simon Willison

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     I'm particularly interested in translation (between human languages) because that's been quietly impacted by leaps forward automation for 5-10 years at this point

     I'd love to see some credible studies on what the impact of that has been on the human translator industry: has there been mass unemployment, or are existing translators getting more work but it's more "clean up this AI-generated version", or is it a mixture of both?

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     Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:19:41 JST Simon Willison

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     For me this is the single most positive potential future outcome of the current leap forward in terms of AI capabilities: tools that helps human beings level up, as opposed to replacing them

     A big question here (as Ethan outlines further down in that post) is whether organizations will chose to do more with their existing teams, or will downsize them to try to achieve the same with less people

     Early hints we're getting from stock photography, translation & illustration don't look great so far

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     Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:19:43 JST Simon Willison

     Here's a thought-provoking take:

     "We already know one major effect of AI on the skills distribution: AI acts as a skills leveler for a huge range of professional work. If you were in the bottom half of the skill distribution for writing, idea generation, analyses, or any of a number of other professional tasks, you will likely find that, with the help of AI, you have become quite good."

     Ethan Mollick - https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/everyone-is-above-average