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English word

mistake

A1Frequent NGSL-2
UK /mɪˈsteɪk/US /mɪˈsteɪk/
noun

an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want

verb

to not understand or judge somebody/something correctly

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Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED video example

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Except when it makes small, silly mistakes, which it often does.

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid

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