About iOS 12 mistranslating "I missed my flight" into Japanese.
Has this happened?
Yes 64 (48%)Not sure 58 (44%)No 11 (8%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About iOS 12 mistranslating "I missed my flight" into Japanese.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Machine translation from/to Japanese is astoundingly awful. This has been my barometer for whether the hype around "AI" is real, and I'm always disappointed. It's a hard problem that's nowhere near to being cracked.