If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

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  Hi, this is Mary Childs.

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  There's the saying about artificial intelligence that right now AI is the worst it will ever be.

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  It screws up a lot now, but it is only going to get better.

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  So how to even answer questions like will AI replace jobs or change jobs?

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  We talked about this on the show last year and especially in the Planet Money newsletter, which our beloved Greg Rosalski writes.

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  So today we are sharing something that Greg uncovered for the newsletter this summer.

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  He figured out a clever way to investigate AI progress for jobs.

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  Look at something AI is already good at.

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  Translation.

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  Greg interviewed an AI innovator who also is the head of the language learning app Duolingo.

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  Just go to plus.npr.org okay, here's Greg.

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  Recently, I've been trying to figure out how to measure if AI is overhyped right now or maybe it's appropriately hyped.

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  I don't know.

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  And one of the people I talk to about this is an entrepreneur and AI innovator.

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