Machine translation is no substitute for humans when it comes to law enforcement

Episode 274 November 22, 2022 00:05:22
Machine translation is no substitute for humans when it comes to law enforcement
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Machine translation is no substitute for humans when it comes to law enforcement

Nov 22 2022 | 00:05:22

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Eddie Arrieta

Show Notes

When officers arrived at the scene of a violent confrontation and questioned a bystander, they relied on a free machine translation tool to communicate with him. MultiLingual spoke with Utrilla last week to learn more about the case and how his testimony on speech technology and MT factored into the bystander’s eventual acquittal.

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