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Thursday, March 09, 2006

The disillusionment of AI

Hihi, this is fun, one more...

I didn't write this poem, but I did translate it. First the Duchy Originals:
De wereld is plat
Zeker weten doe ik dat
Geen gecijfer, geen getallen
Ik heb een aambeeld
Op mijn globe laten vallen
Next the same three automatic translators as below. First altavista:
The world is plat 
certainly know does I that
to no gecijfer, no numbers
I to aambeeld
on my globe have let fall
Well, it managed to at least get the first two lines to rhyme. Next freetranslation:
The worlds is broadly 
Certain knowledge do have let fall I that
No gecijfer, no numbers
I an aambeeld
On my globe
Doesn't really flow, now, does it? Finally systrans:
The world is plat
Certain knowing does I that
No gecijfer, no numbers
I have aambeeld
On my globe let fall
Not bad, except that none of them seem to know what an aambeeld is. Okay, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Here's my translation (not literal of course):
The world's completely flat
I'm absolutely sure of that
It's not that I'm on dope
I dropped an anvil on my globe

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