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Re:IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016) by AndrewKemendo on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:16PM (#16963678)
>They're comparing them to the performance of a person who is a native speaker of both of the languages in question.

Which is synonymous with the best translators in the world. Those people are relatively few and far between honestly - I've traveled a lot and I'd argue that native bi-lingual people are quite rare.

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Re:IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016) by foldr on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @06:21AM (#16965820)
Depends on which part of the world you're in. Have you been to the USA? English/Spanish bilingualism is pretty common there. And there are lots of places where it's completely unremarkable for children to grow up speaking two languages.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_percentage_of_...

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