Specialists can use the same vocabulary for different concepts or struggle to explain their work outside a narrow field. Clarke recalls acting as an informal translator at physics and mathematics conferences, despite regarding his own qualifications as inadequate for that role. He proposes that AI could help connect equivalent ideas across specialties. Another participant immediately raises hallucination as an obstacle. Mechanics, electrical engineering, and microelectronics provide a practical example of people speaking English while attaching different meanings to shared terms.
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Translating between scientific specialties
A personal conference recollection suggests a use for AI, while the reply raises the risk of false connections.