>The other day, alone in a city I'd never been to before, I snapped a photo of a bistro's daily specials hand-written on a blackboard in Chinese, copied the text right out of the photo, translated it into English, learned how to pronounce the menu item I wanted, and ordered some dinner.

To be fair apps dedicated apps like Pleco have supported things like this for 6+ years, but the spread of modern language models has made it more accessible