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by greenpeas 1165 days ago
How can you trust that whatever the expression used in Finnish to denote "Artificial Intelligence" uses "wit" when translated back into English? Words in one language often don't have an exact counterpart in another language, and I'd be especially wary when it comes to languages from different families: Finnish is notorious for being one of the few European languages not part of the Indo-European family.

It may very well turn out to be the right translation, with the appropriate connotations; but without some clarification and confirmation from a native speaker, I would not trust it.

2 comments

"How can you trust that" - I can't. This was idle curiosity. If I was going to publish this or do anything beyond satisfying my idle curiosity I would consult additional sources.
thing is, it's not load bearing information.