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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by melony on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:19AM (#30599546)
If it makes those up north feel better, computer translation was next to useless for anything slightly complex until Hinton and friends figured out deep learning.
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by Copper_Abeille on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:43AM (#30599756)
Someone from up north. I am not mad, and I don't know anyone who is. If freeriding was required to enable a major breakthrough, so be it.
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by speed_spread on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:28AM (#30600214)
Agreed. It means I can claim that my ancestors accidentally the languages!
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