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AI captions getting it so wrong….

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Witzend Thu 06-Aug-26 12:33:54

I’ve seen so many incidences lately, but just this morning I’ve seen a corker!
It was on a FB clip from Keeping Up Appearances, the plump sister - Onslow’s wife, Daisy? - was addressing the other sister - ‘…our Rose - equals Arrows!’ according to AI!

(Yes, I know I shouldn’t be wasting time on FB trivia, but I’m relaxing with temporary lovely P&Q while dh is taking the 3 Gdcs for a bike ride - we’ve had them staying for 3 nights and another tonight…)

BoggledMind Thu 06-Aug-26 16:42:03

Oddly enough, I saw something earlier. Ronnie Wood was talking about the Rolling Stones' song 'Rough And Twisted', mentioning it by name. AI decided he said 'Robert Mitchum'.

Not even close!

SueDonim Thu 06-Aug-26 18:03:51

A friend of mine is a professional subtitler - AI is a very rough tool for translating the spoken word to subtitles! She has lost some work to AI but retains other complex work because there just isn’t a replacement yet for a human who can hear all the minute differences that arise in speech, especially when it comes to interpreting accents, people who speak a non-native language and technical speech.