Machines are but

Machines
The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and, therefore,
intelligence.

MACHINES ARE BUT MACHINES!

The other day my son was playing chess on the computer when I happened to
be around. It was a computer based chess game and, without a lot of difficulty,
he won the game. Being excited at his victory, he gave a loud roar of triumph
and said, Machines are just machines! It was this remark in particular that
made me remember, among other things, a similar thing said by French
philosopher Jean Baudrillard. He had said, The sad thing about artificial
intelligence is that it lacks artifice and, therefore, intelligence. It also
reminded me all the trouble that clients go through after getting something
translated by a machine and the main reason in such cases is the absence of a
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man being.
We keep asking ourselves the question over and over again; Are machine
translations dependable? Some people go for machine translations because
they are cheaper compared to human translations. Others select this option to
save time and effort. However, none of the former or the latter are ever
satisfied with the results. As far as translation goes, famous writer Anthony
Burgess once said, Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of
making intelligible a whole culture. And, the human culture is something that

a machine can never understand nor be concerned about, nor be able to

deliver its sense which usually takes ages to develop. So, my answer to the
question would be a very loud No, machines translations are not dependable!
Human culture is the sum total of everything that human existence entails
during a given period of time. The chemistry behind the creation and evolution
of a language includes a universe of factors such as Where have the speakers
come from?, Where are they currently living?, What are their traditions?,
How do they prefer to live, eat, dress, pray, communicate?, What are their
beliefs? and..well, a hoard of other petty details. It includes a complete
history that enriches that language and lends its vocabulary new meaning and
its linguistic structures new sense. All this is a dynamic process with which a
machine, a mechanical process run by a software, can never come to grips.
That is one reason why machine translations can never replace human
translations.
Humans are intelligent to cultural changes and can foresee the resultant
changes in individuals. They are dynamically aware of how people would
respond to semantic changes and what sense or meaning is currently being
drawn out of a particular expression in a particular culture. The human
elements also facilitate the process of decision making which means that a
machine would be unable to pick the suitable word or expression which best
express the meaning whereas a human translator would do that in fittest
possible manner.
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