Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 on Mythryl: “Not only do "artificial" and 「人工」 mean the exact same thing, they…”

Not only do "artificial" and 「人工」 mean the exact same thing, they even share the same etymological roots, with the latter having entered the modern Chinese vocabulary via Meiji-era Japanese translations of European-language texts. Good to see that linguistic phrenology is alive and kicking, though.

China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum@chinalawtranslate.bsky.social

This article suggests a conceptual difference between Chinese and English understanding of AI because: 1. Artificial = fake 2. 人工智能 = Man-crafted intelligence (not fake) And I'm no linguist, but... what do they think the art in artificial means? @bokane.org

scmp.comWhat’s in a name? Trump calls it ‘SI’. China calls it ‘human-made’While the term AI dates back to 1956, the Chinese version offers a different take on the relationship between humans and intelligent machines.

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