future of fansubbing

I found a very intriguing article via slashdot. It's about IBM's efforts in creating superhuman translations systems using computers. They already have a system called "Tales" running, which subtitles arabic television on the fly. So if computers can subtitle arabic on the fly, I'm sure japanese won't be a big problem. According to IBM you'll have to pay several hundred to thousands of dollars per month to enjoy that service. I guess in the near future there will be a lot similar services with pricetags similar to digital-cable tv today.