When AI Let’s You Down


Yesterday it was a colleagues birthday and so at the weekend I chose 

, with great care, a card which said Happy Birthday. 


I took the card to work, we all signed it and she was overjoyed to have a touching gift (card paired with a chocolate Swiss roll) 

10 mins later my friend asked if I was sure it said happy birthday as there appeared to be prams on the front 😳 Sure enough what I had thought were charming 3D relief images of decorated cakes (in a somewhat modern style), were now clearly recognisable as prams and when we translated the inside of the card the inscription said something to the effect of..


‘Congratulations on your birthday, good wishes to you and your parents, we can’t wait to meet you’


In my defence several language teachers and polish speakers had signed the card and not noticed. 


My poor friend was a little embarrassed and so I tried to persuade her it would become a funny anecdote, especially when she did actually have a baby!


It just goes to show that while AI  might take over the world it will all go a bit Pete Tong and need a human brain to say ‘Er, could we check this please?’



(They looked like these but without the wheels and handles and we’re all sparkly!!)


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