Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
https://daiz.moe/crunchyroll-is-destroying-its-subtitles-for-no-good-reason/
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As a kid, I learned English from English language cartoons on FilmNet. I learned from German TV shows. My passion for Swedish crime series taught me Swedish.
But now, the largest tv medium of our time, YouTube, has begun auto-translating everything. Future generations will not be exposed to foreign languages and be inspired to take an interest.
There was no public review of this, no democratic vote. One company just decided to turn foreign cultures off and make the world dumber.
For profit.
@randahl
Why does #YouTube want to add new, translated audio tracks to videos when what we need, #subtitles (or #captions), is so much easier to implement? They don't make sense.
⛓️💥 Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles
｢ Around the 19:12 mark, the show's German subtitles feature a big fat "ChatGPT said:" jammed into the dialog. A classic, lazy error ｣
absolutely obsessed with the idea of a sword fight pausing so a character can say
"ChatGPT said: I am but a reflection of your inner turmoil."
anime is saved #aislop #subtitles #chatgpt 🍜💬