return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoUS government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferencewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down10
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkUS government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferencewww.theguardian.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareryper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoTo be fair, it’s in French on the map, and “CÔTE D’IVOIRE” isn’t as obviously wrong if you don’t know French. I fully expected them to have put South Africa up north, but lucky for them they didn’t try to include it.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI guess nobody in the room was familiar with French, or ever had the curiosity to wonder what CÔTE D’IVOIRE means. I almost wish the AI threw in some fake countries. Kalmiba. Marwambo. And they’d just happily talk about the happenings in those countries.
To be fair, it’s in French on the map, and “CÔTE D’IVOIRE” isn’t as obviously wrong if you don’t know French.
I fully expected them to have put South Africa up north, but lucky for them they didn’t try to include it.
I guess nobody in the room was familiar with French, or ever had the curiosity to wonder what CÔTE D’IVOIRE means.
I almost wish the AI threw in some fake countries.
Kalmiba.
Marwambo.
And they’d just happily talk about the happenings in those countries.