Ex-freelance translator turned ML engineer on watching AI automate his old job
mariofilhoml · x · 2026-09-06
The author worked as a freelance translator before moving into ML, reasoning that translation would soon be automated — so why not work on the thing replacing him? He teases that what's happening now is unbelievable, setting up a first-person thread on AI-driven career displacement.
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