Machines are just 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 human 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