Spring forward. Blah.

[rogueslayer452]

++ As always, even though I know it'll soon pass, daylight savings has me all fucked up.

++ Seven Seas Entertainment has been acquired by Media Do, which not only it seems the employees of Seven Seas weren't aware of this acquisition until it was announced but it seems that Media Do is going to be using their own AI translations, specifically for manga, as a means of pushing out more product at a faster rate. Although both Media Do and Seven Seas have made notices regarding the concerns, people are, rightfully, upset by this news. Seven Seas wasn't perfect by any means in regards to translations at times, but at least there were human translators. I don't know what will happen, honestly. Even if there are reassurances by Seven Seas claiming that they will still be hiring human translators there is no guarantee this will remain true further down the line. The best one can do at this point is to keep an eye on the situation. I know I will especially in regards to the upcoming volumes of danmei series that I'm assuming will not be altered since they've had translators already in place. Nevertheless, it just really fucking sucks that AI has taken over a lot of places, particularly in publishing and translations.

Comments

[rekishi]

ugh

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I agree that AI translation is a terrible idea. It's putting a lot of people out of jobs and doing piss-poor work.

However, I'm also old enough to remember watching anime without translations. If they suck, just turn off the dialog. Of course, nowadays, if you get DVD they typically come with lots of options, so you could also switch to the original track.

[eglantiere]

ooooof.

the only thing out of this hole would be people just up and boycotting anything that's released with no human labor, but what are the chances of that?

i cancelled a subscription to the professional magazine recently over the 'listen to our articles read by AI!' addition, and i'm still seething a bit.

[blackcatofmisery]

I really wanna know where the Powers that Be think it's gonna be end with AI. Replace humans in the workforce, but where will we get the money to buy their slop products? Would these AI translations be cheaper, since they're omitting a skill contributing to the time it takes to produce a work? Or will it be more expensive, for how much energy it takes to run AI? Humanity needs to mutiny. Eating the rich is becoming a literal option to consider.

I just read about Burger King using AI to bug their employees and grade their customer service based on gauges of friendliness. You can be a very efficient worker and not crack a smile. You can be the perkiest sunshine and still make people want to throttle you. It's just a way to monitor them and will not help productivity or performance.

=^..^=~

[haebin]

Nevertheless, it just really fucking sucks that AI has taken over a lot of places, particularly in publishing and translations.
This!!!