#interpreting solutions

[rsayoub]

Inside the AI Human Partnership Changing Real Time Interpretation

What if the future of language interpretation isn’t about choosing between humans and AI, but syncing them? In an industry racing to automate everything, a fresh approach is gaining traction: augmenting, not replacing. In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, I sat down with the executive teams from Language Service Associates (LSA) and Lingolet to explore a partnership that’s doing…

[k12academics]

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[mewdoodles]

I just love sketching this dude... he's so shaped

[twilight-amber]

One thing that I really enjoyed about the latest Deltarune chapters is how much the reveal at the end recontextualised Ralsei's character and the information he presents to us in his introduction. Below are some disjointed thoughts about that.

When Chapter 1 first released, I remember feeling that his explanation of the prophecy and how battle works (and his encouragement of a peaceful approach to resolving conflicts) seemed almost like an introduction to the rules of the world that might have to be subverted later - sort of in the same way that Flowey in Undertale initially establishes the rules of the world as "kill or be killed", which you then override by choosing nonviolence in order to reach the happiest ending.

This observation created a bit of dissonance between my Undertale player brain ("of course I want to approach all battles peacefully and spare everyone!") and my narrative-focused brain ("is the peaceful approach really the right one in the context of this story? is there some future twist that will completely recontextualise what we've been told about how the world works?")

When Chapter 2 released, I felt the dissonance less - it's painfully clear that the consequences of going out of your way to hurt people are Bad, so I felt much better about choosing the peaceful approach.

But I still wasn't sure what to make of Ralsei - why was he so insistent on us being nice to enemies, if he also believes that Darkners' only purpose is to support Lightners (as per the pre-castle conversation in Chapter 1)? Is it just because the prophecy says it's the way to go? Why does it matter so much to him?

To be clear: I never thought he was like. evil or anything. I figured he was doing the best he could with the information he had. But how accurate was that information? Could he be misguided in some way? He was clearly hiding stuff, and not knowing what he was hiding and why left some uncertainty.

But then we get to Chapter 4, and suddenly Ralsei's motivations become a lot clearer. The prophecy didn't say anything about kindness or mercy - that was his own personal advice, given in the hopes that the prophecy could be changed. He wasn't just acting according to the prophecy; he was genuinely trying to make a difference.

And now knowing that Ralsei has been encouraging Kris and Susie to be kind in hopes of altering the prophecy's narrative... it's particularly interesting in light of the fact that every chapter has a Moment where everyone you've befriended in the dark world shows up to help out - but only if you take the pacifist approach (with the exception of Chapter 2).

There's Chapter 1 with the king being overthrown. Chapter 2 with the Ultimate Group Project (Thrash Machine). Chapter 3's version of this is particularly interesting because it interacts with a part of the prophecy: Susie repairs Tenna offscreen if you recruit enough people to help (or just avoid violence?? reports seem varied on this one). The prophecy about Tenna still comes to pass (he's broken), but it's not the end for him.

And - I just found this out a day or two ago, actually - something similar happens in Chapter 4??? It seems that Jackenstein straight up falls to his death(?) in the scene just before the finale if you choose to be violent, but all the Sanctuary Darkners come to his rescue if you stay pacifist the whole way through.

Susie's comment about being nice paying off seems a lot more pointed in this context. Whether you choose a pacifist or violent approach is starting to have more obvious, more significant consequences.

At the end of Chapter 4, Ralsei makes it clear that he believes his own efforts (in guiding Kris and Susie towards nonviolence) have failed, because he was hoping that what's written in the prophecy would change, and it hasn't. But there's a big difference between "Tenna gets broken and stays broken forever" and "Tenna gets broken but is patched up and can still have a happy ending", even though both follow the letter of the prophecy. Maybe there's more than one way for that final prophecy to play out, too.

Susie's the one who has the conviction to fight against fate, but I want to believe that Ralsei's efforts had some meaning as well, even if we can't see it yet.

[sm-baby]

Idk if you addressed this already but why doesnt the sibling ais go into a breakdown like gummigoo in canon?

They seem very self aware that theyre not real. Is that intentional on caine’s part??

[ludwigplayingthetrombone]

Any ideas as to what Guy’s mom might have been like? 🤔

well the only mention of her was that line gai says in a game "My mother gave me this strong body" so of course i picture skinny ass dai pulling a muscle nunchuck mommy

[threetrenchcoatsinatrenchcoat]

i solved Three Houses, an analysis in three three-part parts

point one. each pig summons the next based on their own projected fears: Susan gets crossed and hears Pookie--Pookie being let's say an aspect of Sadie--calling out all her problems, telling her to control herself, "​irresponsible child! you have no impulse control!" Sadie stumbles out of karaoke finding Zippy avoiding her, "ohh uh hi sadie, ​i’m being alone with my thoughts today"--Zippy being an aspect of Beckett. Beckett locks himself in as Shelob guides him to dig deeper, "yes, beckett, yes! [evil laugh]"--Shelob being an aspect of Susan.

point two. all of them manifest the penance they think they need and deserve. they're all wrong. Susan is extremely present and is the most aware of all her problems, but she's unable to solve them. we learn her reaction to the wolf is defined by digging further, analyzing herself and her past, and she wants someone to scream at her. Susan fixates on a latvian house spirit that will invoke ancient wrath if her house is out of order. with the voice of Sadie. of course Sadie's reaction to the wolf is defined by order, routine, control. Sadie focuses on a villager who ends up avoiding her, encourages her to join in exercise "until our minds go blank," and when he encourages her to get back into dating, he doesn't recommend companionship or love, just someone "to absorb all your worst thoughts". with the voice of Beckett. Beckett is defined by avoidance, with the only guide he accepts relishing how deep he'll dig. which brings us back to Susan. all of their obsessions push them further from themselves. none of it helps.

point three. all of them find what they need indirectly. Susan finds in herself via her grandfather an inability to let go. be it a city or a berry harvest, she can't bring herself to see the big picture and walk away. avoidance isn't inherently a bad coping device. there are things worth avoiding, nazis for instance. Susan needs what Beckett has. one of the most telling parts of Sadie's story is an absence. she's the only of the three who never directly addresses the source of her problems in her grandparents. the "​trying to trace the tumor" verse is only sung by Beckett and Susan. Sadie returns to the arcade and sees herself dissociating, "what happened? where did i go?" digging deeper isn't inherently a bad coping device. Sadie needs the reflection Susan has. and for all Susan's and Sadie's madness, they both had a structure. Beckett loses connection to people, to time, to reality, "he had basically stopped bathing at this point." a pendulum confounds him. he runs away from everything to the nth degree, and has nothing to fill it back up with. he clings to empty boxes. literally empty boxes. Beckett needs what Sadie has. they're each of them two layers removed. "don't be afraid to go deep." it takes the whole process for them to get all the way back. "the other two reached out their other hands."

[creativesparkz]

who here remembers my dhmis era ???? anyway i redid my recolor trio interpretation for shits and giggles 😊

[ramblesandstuff]

I think Robin Hobb is the most interesting person on earth. "I hate when people assume my two main characters are romantically involved. I'm gonna write them having a daughter and dying together while merging their souls and calling each other by their own names btw"

[elbiotipo]

Peronism isn't hard to understand when you see it as the Argentine expression of both "social democracy" (the New Deal Democrats in the US, the Social Democrats in European countries) and the anti-imperialist revolutionary movements in the Third World (Nasser in Egypt for example, many of the "Non-Alligned" leaders). I believe this is the best way to approach it from an outsider's prespective.

Yes, it has many unique things, but Argentines tend to exaggerate a bit when they joke it's unique and incomprehensible. The tug of war between right and left factions, a charismatic leadership that took, let's say, "pragmatic" decisions and ideologies, the sell-out during the neoliberal wave in the 90s... when you read about world history, and especially about countries in the Third World, you start to see the parallels.

[quibbs126]

So something I was talking about with my friend yesterday, he was saying how the general modern interpretation of the rise of the Decepticons is basically a worker’s revolution

And I was thinking (and I also said it to him), Transformers One is actually kind of an exception to that

I mean yeah, workers revolted, but it wasn’t workers revolting after becoming fed up with their poor mistreatment and wanting change, it was more a group of workers revolting after learning their ruler was lying to them about everything they ever knew. They weren’t the happiest with their lot in life, but they weren’t actively calling out for change against the higher class prior to learning about Sentinel. Closest one to doing that was ironically enough, Orion Pax, not D-16

TF One’s Megatron’s motivation for starting the Decepticons seems to be more just “eat the rich”, as opposed to worker revolution. Heck, most of our known Decepticons here were members of the Elite Guard prior to Sentinel’s takeover, not other miners like Megatron. Those guys seem to all be Autobots instead

I don’t know if this observation means anything, but I’ve been meaning to post it and it’s break time for me now, so yeah

[stardustizuku]

I love that the Book of Mestionora appears differently to Ferdinand and Rozemyne due to their personalities.

Specifically the search function. Like obviously Ferdinand would only open the Bible when he wanted to know something in specific, or to get an answer - so whenever he opens it, it opens in whatever he needs. He’s so practical. It also speaks of how he only got the pieces of the Bible that he wanted. Whatever information he doesn’t deem necessary gets thrown out. He just wants the answers.

Rozemyne, on the other hand, definitely needs the search function. She would read the entire Bible if she could. “Opening it in whatever part she needs” would be good in life or death situations, but if she had the leasure to use it at her own pace - why would she? She’d rather take her time and read. Besides, she wants to be a librarian. Isn’t it obvious for her to read the entire contents and THEN help search the answer?

[chedelat]

siding with orpheus and making him undergo ceremorphosis is what seems to me as the evil ending among those where you defeat the netherbrain. fucking amazing that it's the most popular one. like genuinely seriously it's so fucking good that they made the more sinister ending seem more appealing. i mean you can 1) not betray the guy who was helping you all this time or 2) free orpheus once and for all and players really choose neither. they choose betrayal and they choose orpheus to be the one to do the sacrifice. really did everything to make you see that you and the emperor are the same

[morweneledhwen]

The smoke will reveal the truth.

[swallowtail-ageha]

Some fromsoft fans that get hung up on things not being said explicitedly are so annoying "it is not said it is theorized" mannn do you want maria to turn to the camera and say "hello i am ladymaria oftheastralclocktower i committed suicide" instead of taking in the rather obvious context clues

[deus-ex-mona]

im working hard at hardly working just for you my queen~~~~~~