<ul><li>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tests the smarts of AI models, including GPT-4, by asking them to translate the works of Persian poet Rumi.</li><li>Nadella is particularly interested in determining whether the AI can capture the deep meaning and subtleties of poetry, which traditional machine translation often struggles with.</li><li>He shares his personal connection to Persian poetry and his desire to be able to read Rumi's work, which has been translated into various languages.</li><li>Nadella considers it impressive when an AI translation goes beyond a mere mechanical translation and successfully preserves the essence and sovereignty of poetry across different languages.</li></ul>

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