‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI

Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human to make it work

‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI

The problem

Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human to make it work

Sources

  1. JournalismThe Guardian2025-09-23

The debate