To me, communicating with a person in front of me through a third party (whether human or software) is not the same as communicating with them directly.
For me, the exception would be a physical inability to communicate directly (a la Stephen Hawking).
Javi2 t1_ja2sut5 wrote
Reply to How far off are we from not needing to learn languages? by AmericanMonsterCock
Different people different opinions I guess.
To me, communicating with a person in front of me through a third party (whether human or software) is not the same as communicating with them directly.
For me, the exception would be a physical inability to communicate directly (a la Stephen Hawking).