Will AI Translators Replace Language Learning?
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AI translators are really, really useful when writing a business email. But the interactions I had with foreign people in their language were gems, and will forever be in my heart.
He is not talking about the present moment but in the far future. Like for example in 2060, 2070 or 2080. As long as technology continues to improve. Technology will eventually make langauge learning useless.
@@williamjames4031 the same for all the things that exists right now tho,not just about learning language🗿
@@michaelschrute2346 yep, technology will continue to improve tormendously and exponentially.
@@williamjames4031 and that's okay
That's true, translation can never replace real interaction, we are not machines.
We need to move away from the “making things convenient” factor when it comes to AI doing everything. Life is about adventure and you get out of it what you put into it. AI doing everything is pointless and is counter to what life is about.
THANK YOU !! EXACTLY
I'm gonna stop them
That's why global government wants kill us all and replace us with machines
I think that no matter how AI translation advances, spoken language is the great barrier, because until the sentence is finished, it's impossible to translate, especially if, in case of SOV-languages, you don't even know the verb. So best case scenario, someone says something and after that, you'll get the translation in your ear.
That doubles the time every conversation takes, filling it with awkward pauses, killing the conversational flow. So, as much as guys like Elon Musk think Star Trek's universal translator will be a thing, I cannot imagine a scenario like that.
I have to say, whenever you post a video, I come running to see it. The discussions you bring up are never kept just on the surface level, but instead are well thought out and brillantly presented. The humility to leave a topic open-ended shows how you have escaped the dunning-kruger effect as well
Thank you!!!
You are the most underrated & well educated/ and well spoken polyglot i have ever seen on youtube !!
Thank you!! That is too big of a compliment haha.
It is so great to discover you and your channel. It brings me a lot of joy to find someone who shares a passion of mine and who adresses so brilliantly a variety of questions derived from language learning, thank you!
Edited: I thank you specially regarding the video you made about the form of identity loss/challenge that can come with speaking various languages and the difficulty it can be to transmit this experience with others
Sienta bien ver que has sacado nuevo vídeo justo cuando vuelvo a visitar tu canal! Hope you had a nice time, enjoy your day!
Muchas gracias!!
I didn't pursue language studies because I thought translators will replace human translation by now. I finished university 3 years ago and google translate still hasn't taken over. I have started learning Japanese only last year, I regret not doing that in university ;(
Finally, I was worried about you. Humans are much better than AI. I am glad to see you are around.
Thank you! I’ve just been a bit busy
好棒的分享! 感謝 後面的海報也好酷 國語四千年來的變化潮流圖
Of course they will not. They may decrease the need of language learning for some people, sure, but for most other people they will help them learn a foreign language much faster. Just like you cannot explain the colour red with the colour blue, one cannot replace a sentence in a language with a translated sentence in another.
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嘿嘿谢啦！一起加油！
每次看你的内容，都感动得要流泪，虽然不是第一次，但每次总是重复看三遍。
The A.I. aspect is interesting and it has tempted me to wonder if thst is an easier solution. It can help sometimes. People don't always want to stay at someone's else's phone and it is a bit more impersonal. I image that translators for business meeting will still be needed in the future. Also think about at places like the United Nations or Intelligence Agencies. Have a blessed day.
I agree, with the right mindset/responsibility it will be a great benefit to society for us to have the chance to communicate with those we may have never been able to communicate with prior or otherwise. However, nothing will beat the human nature of speaking the same language by tongue and body.
ok, what about conlangs? The languages that aimed to improve your natural intelligence ? (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) For instance: ilaksh / ithkuil and similar ones. Wouldn't be such an auto-evolution better than just to lock ourselves within "local language vessels" you mentioned?
我之前一直很担心这个问题，语言学习以后真的会被AI取代。甚至不夸张地说，当我们的世界越来越接近科技的奇异点的时候，用心灵感应就可以完全消除语言障碍，在那一天到来时可能还有短短20年？30年？但不管怎么说，和其他很多职业或者爱好一样，现代语言学者是在这个时代洪流中不可缺少的一份子，世上所谓的不管大事还是小事，总是要有人去做的。就像我们看待那些钻木取火的穴居人一样，很多人们现在做的事情对未来人来说大概率来说都是没有意义的。这是一个不可避免的趋势，而且问题在于，现代科技发展速度指数倍增，快到人们追都追不上。。。我们现在所处的环境简直是前所未有的变化无常，但·没有理由为了缥缈的未来牺牲大把时间思考学语言的意义。说一句老掉牙的话，一定要做自己喜欢的，擅长的事；因为这真的是上天给的礼物，为的是让你在人生特定一个时期闪闪发光，并给这世界献上一份力。
希望那一天晚点到来哈哈
Its only a matter of time until AI translaters get good enough BUT its not the same as talking to someone in real time in the same language. I think creating a real bond with someone is only possible if they speak the same language. If you think about it, most people these days (in the western hemisphere) do language learning more as a hobby than a necessety. I think in the future it will be more a sign of respect if you took the time to learn someones language for real instead of only relying on a mashine. And for that, its not self-evident that everyone can actually afford this mashine. The people that would benefit the most from it will most likely be the ones that cant afford it (or it gets forbidden/restricted by their government)
Well said.
Any chance you might want to touch on this topic again now that there has been such a huge improvements in generative AI?
when talked about the spelling I felt that
since I totally rely on spelling corrections in my writing - even in this very comment-
which I hate and I wish to not be the case
it makes me feel weak and lazy.
I think I will feel something similar if AI can translate that good in any point in time
I will use it but with a bad feeling
I’m a Korean girl who grew up in America, and now I’m a Spanish linguistics major in college. I think learning language is so important but you’re totally right about technology. It’d be sad though to see robots take away this amazing part of humanity and diminish it.
appreciate you not having a sunk cost phallacy mindset with this idea!
I think your analysis is very interesting and I would like to point out that an AI, smart enough to translate every language into another without errors would further decrease conflict, as the greatest source of conflict is misunderstanding.
Yes, and with hope.
Tow years have past,but your video have already give me numerous inspiration.in past year,chatgpt occurred,the time of ai may come out with it.even though,English learning is popular in every area.i think the reason why ai cant replace English learning is there are even some social recognized system just like CET4, CET6 or Tofel test.Especially in China,There is a high level of recognition for them to graduate or enter a higher school.Just like mouse and keyboard are invent but the pen and paper are still used to write,English learning wont die.
Bruh the ad to this video was a language translating app
lol the algo has a sense of humor already
大概率短期的翻译工作会消失😅
但是长期的翻译工作不太可能完全消失❗️😁
例如，你的伴侣🧑❤️💋🧑来自另一个民族，你们不太可能每次都借助AI😅
AI 进步必然会方便人们的交流，但是我认为这类交流局限于贸易，科技，体育之类的领域。很难做到在文学上达到有效的翻译，因为要了解不同语言的文学作品，就必须要懂它们的文化，不然很多理解不了。
我觉得语言是一个优美的艺术产品。由于我对人性的恐惧，我认为人和人还是不要那么清楚彼此的想法，比较好。至少要模糊一些。
I often hear this sentiment of technological progress is always good and at first I sort of just accepted it and never really thought about it but the more I think about it the more I disagree. I think technological advancements are never just that and they always exist in a specific context and never in a vacuum; I believe its more helpful to reframe the issue - technological advancements are neither good nor bad, they're neutral until we decide the way we use them.
In the context of communication, languages are much more than just translating an idea or thought; it's about the essence of a culture, the essence of a specific lived reaity, the history of a people, the ability to invoke a series of complex emotions through the usage of 1 word in a certain context - for this end I don't think AI translators can truly ever replace that level of communication which is what truly makes human communication unique and the capacity to understand another person on such a level can only ever be acquired through an intimate understanding of not only the language but the culture, imho.
2:37 LOL
I don’t think AI will ever completely reduce the necessity of speaking other languages. Imagine being in a crowded restaurant of Rome (where I live) where everybody is speaking with everybody else (as sometimes happens in my city). The AI should track multiple people speaking at the same time. Maybe it will be capable but what’s impossible to eliminate is the time that will last between a sentence said in Italian, the time you need to listen the translation, the time that the guy you’re speaking to need to listen the translation of your reply. A communication like this is too slow. It’s possible to use it order a pizza but no one will enjoy a real communication wich procede so slowly.
出这个视频的时候Chatgpt 3.5还没出呢吧
哈哈哈哈沒錯
Robots dont have commitments
I hope, even though languages will not be used the same way today as in the coming years, that there will be an advantage to knowing multiple languages. Words are the names of things. Physical objects, things are obvious. The cup is on the box. For abstract things, it is not obvious how they interact with non abstract things. I was angry WITH the man. Therefore languages have interpreted these differently situations differently. Therefore a person learning more languages gets exposed to these different abstract concepts. I hope this gives longterm value and makes you smarter.
But you want to have a conversation with somebody, being part of a conversation. If you don't speak the langauge, you can't join the conversation
100% AGREE, just as robots will never be a replacement for human beings
There is no way to translate poems between languages so we cool...
Ok yes AI translator will diminish the INTEREST in learning foreign languages for hobbiests, and travelers. However, you cannot get a JOB by relying on an AI DEVICE, if that job is dependent on a different language than your own. Or, if you marry someone from a different language, you will need to learn a minimum of your spouse's language.
Bruh, if AI is goind to take over translating, then why is google translate so ineffective?
If humans stop learning foreign languages their brains will shrink and they will live shorter. As simple as that from neuroscience point of view. We already know that learning another language is what rejuvantes the brain. And no, no other thing aside from fasting and weight lifting cannot do it, and let's be honest as we age fasting and weight lifting becomes problematic for many people, so only sure way to keep one's brain young and to fend off dementia is....foregin language learning. So not sure abut other people, I will stick to learning foreign languages for life. Since I know what it has done to brains of my ancestors and how long they lived and that some of them even being prone to dementia never developed the symptoms and died of... all sorts of other causes that happen to people after the age of 90 years but dementia was not one of them.
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Jokes on AI, it helps me exceed my lingual skills. It's perfect tool for people like me - that loves to learn by themselves.
No the technology has not improved much in decades you can translate something quickly to understand some text but the translations are really bad most of the time
AI will be a helpful tool but will never fully replace the need for human translators.
If command of language is one's true goal, AI translators will forever remain temporary, yet practical, substitutes.
Taking into consideration that AI are already driving cars by themselves in some places of the world... The end could be near. xD :D I'm waiting for the google glasses. :D
Google glasses?? LOL, they made them 5 years ago and nobody wanted that garbage and so they diappeared.
Go away
@@user-bk7wp4bx5n I agree with you. Even with tecnology being an amazing thing, it can't replace human interaction, or even the way your body and brain works.
Learning other languages is easier than before. And I still speak my traditional language and teach it to my kids as a heritance.
Spelling properly is a pain in the arse
ai translators leshgoo
AI再好也需要电，如果你在野外设备没电了就拉垮了。😀
A concerning question is whether we should trust an AI translator clever enough to perform such a task.
I disagree with this assessment for domestic (inside specific countries). I think you underestimate the superiority of face to face, eye to eye conversations over even the most sophisticated language translation system we could dream of. Now, psychologists will do a much better job than I can to explain what comes with natural human speech. Imagine public discourse and trust in multiethnic societies. Can the human mind really navigate a society where an invisible wall is erected? Imagine the social apartheid that results. Imagine the interactions of interracial couples from different language groups as the most salient example. How to they interact with each other and with their children? The fact that we are primates is something we should never forget. The logistics of any such technology matter.
Furthermore, learning is important and so is memorizing facts. Because it is from these facts that one's mind can create something new.
Different cultures have different ideas and concepts, so I don't think the accurate translation exist especially in conversation and literature.
Because sometimes it's not just the matter of "meaning", but the "sound", "rhythm" and other beautiful aspects of language.
但如果AI能進化到與人類共同生活，同樣具有感官，那又是另一個故事了。
有亿点牛B
Google translate isn’t good
nah
你在国内工作生活都还好么？
还不错！！
@@phoenixhou4486多保重 下次回去上海了 去拜会大神你
学习语言费时费力，真的希望有一天可以不用学习语言，还能和会语言有一样的效果。
至少未来10年很多重要的商业会议或者国际政治会议是需要人来翻译的。毕竟AI对书面语言的翻译可能会很好，但真人的说话习惯AI不见得能很细微的分辨，而这是人才能做的工作。