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User flags AI subtitle errors on YouTube, questions 'super intelligence'

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A Mastodon user has observed that subtitles on platforms like YouTube are frequently inaccurate, sometimes to the point of completely changing the intended meaning. The user attributes these errors to poor AI programming, referring to it as "Bad AI Programming," and questions whether current "super intelligence" models still adhere to the "garbage in, garbage out" principle. They humorously suggest that human translation remains a valuable alternative. AI

RANK_REASON User complaint about AI quality on a social media platform, not a core AI development or industry event.

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User flags AI subtitle errors on YouTube, questions 'super intelligence'

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Dear Friends on youtub or similar... Have you noticed a subtitle sometimes appears AND is often wrong. Not just badly but completely altering the meaning. Even

    Dear Friends on youtub or similar... Have you noticed a subtitle sometimes appears AND is often wrong. Not just badly but completely altering the meaning. Even worse at # translating one language to another. Iz using BP (Bad # ai Programming) me thinks... Oops. Duz the latest 'su…

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