The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI

The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI

When composing or translating poetry, AI stumbles when trying to convey mood, metaphor and emotion. Jeremessias/iStock via Getty ImagesFor centuries, people have dreamed of undoing Babel. Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could speak and another could understand, regardless of where either was born. Artificial intelligence appears to be tak…