I Translated My Book for $7 Using Openai
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The author used OpenAI to translate their book for $7 and shares their experience, sparking a discussion about the potential and limitations of AI translation.
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It's been a while since I've read any webnovels but probably the Qidians' of the world are all using AI by now. With traditional language barriers eroding the popular literature of the future is going to be much more homogenized.